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Jonathan, meanwhile, having ascertained the parentage of the child from Wood,
proceeded to question him in an under tone, as to the probable motives of the
attempt upon its life; and, though he failed in obtaining any information on this
point, he had little difficulty in eliciting such particulars of the mysterious
transaction as have already been recounted. “Please have a seat. Kneebone, who had drained his glass
to the restoration of the house of Stuart, and the downfall of the house of
Hanover, more frequently than was consistent with prudence, consented; and the
trio set out for Wych Street, where they arrived in the jolliest humour possible. It was high afternoon, there was no great throng of footpassengers, and many an eye from omnibus and pavement rested gratefully on
her fresh, trim presence as she passed young and erect, with the light of
determination shining through the quiet self-possession of her face. "I do," replied Kneebone. Taber and no one comment upon it. One or
two of the tables were occupied by groups of fat frowzy women in flat caps, with
rings on their thumbs, and baskets by their sides; and no one who had listened
for a single moment to their coarse language and violent abuse of each other,
would require to be told they were fish-wives from Billingsgate. And here, we may be permitted to offer an observation upon the peculiar and
unaccountable influence which ladies of a shrewish turn so frequently exercise
over—we can scarcely, in this case, say—their lords and masters; an influence
which seems not merely to extend to the will of the husband, but even to his
inclinations. Anna was having tea by herself when she entered. Through an open door was a glimpse of the
bathroom—a vision of luxury, out of which Annabel herself, in a wonderful
dressing-gown and followed by a maid presently appeared. ’
‘The tables, they are turned, I think,’ she returned.
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