And in these crowded four weeks,
what had she learned? That all horizons were lies: that smiles and handshakes
and goodbyes and welcomes were lies: that there were really no to-morrows,
only a treadmill of to-days: and that out of these lies and mirages she had
plucked a bitter truth—she was alone. No matter how much you tell me,
you will always keep something back. When I have traversed the streets a houseless wanderer,
driven with curses from every door where I have solicited alms, and with blows
from every gateway where I have sought shelter,—when I have crept into some
deserted building, and stretched my wearied limbs upon a bulk, in the vain hope
of repose,—or, worse than all, when, frenzied with want, I have yielded to
horrible temptation, and earned a meal in the only way I could earn one,—when
I have felt, at times like these, my heart sink within me, I have drank of this
drink, and have at once forgotten my cares, my poverty, my guilt. Suddenly Ah Cum laughed aloud. His name is carved upon a beam up stairs. He had changed her life dramatically, and she had missed him
dreadfully. She
went further: she doubted that he was fully conscious of where he was. . “I really do not believe,” he announced with satisfaction, “that any one would
recognize me. On the
other hand the two young men who sat on either side of Anna were already
throwing murderous glances at the newcomer. Before he could recover from the stunning effects of the blow, Wood
possessed himself of the child: and, untying the noose which had been slipped
round its throat, had the satisfaction of hearing it cry lustily.
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