"My son," she murmured, wringing her hands piteously—, "my son the
companion of thieves! My son in Jonathan Wild's power! It cannot be. ”
“Perhaps I don’t. Rattles were sprung; lanterns lighted,
and hoisted at the end of poles; windows thrown open; doors unbarred; and, as if
by magic, the street was instantaneously filled with a crowd of persons of both
sexes, armed with such weapons as came most readily to hand, and dressed in
such garments as could be most easily slipped on. Concealed among the trees that edged the estate grounds, the watchers
paused. He knew. After he was gone in
the morning, Ruth would steal into the study and hurriedly read what he had
written the previous night. I felt I MUST do something anyhow, and up I came just as
soon as I could to see you. "That
he couldn't choose any one so agreeable to me. What right had a young woman to possess
the scarring and intimate knowledge of that dreg of human society, the
beachcomber?
CHAPTER II
Ah Cum lived at No. All along the
wooden benches before it sat a profusion of soldiery, a collection of barbers in
attendance, busily employed in replaiting and powdering their hair ready for a
military review scheduled for this afternoon. Gerald doubted
there would be many eager suitors, even assuming the comtesse was keen to
marry off her daughter to a foreign protestant. But be very careful not to let him know. The pistol was lowered slightly. A row of magnificent, and even then venerable, elms threw
their broad arms over this pleasant spot. I can’t do it even decently myself, and I
dare not run the risk of ruining all my clothes.
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