” He replied. Crack went the whip, and away floundered the
heavy vehicle through the deep ruts of the ill-kept road, or rather lane, (for it was
little better,) which, then, led across Southampton Fields. But as the mystery which surrounded Ruth fell away
that which enveloped her father thickened. “I really owe him something of an
apology. ”
“Such independence,” he answered quickly, “is a vice. Were the
parents agreeable? Were they of age? Had the license been procured? But here,
in a far country, only the velvet manacles of wedlock were necessary. ‘Come, come, ma’am,’ he said smiling. “You silly
wimmin,” he said over and over again throughout the hearing, plucking at his
blotting-pad with busy hands. She put a
stool for him at a little distance from her own, and after he had seen the day’s
work he hesitated, and then plunged into a resumption of their discussion about
beauty. You have been her
guardian angel. "I'll be his evil genius!" vociferated Jonathan, who seemed to enjoy her torture. ‘But a spy I am not. Finger to his lips, Gerald pointed
in the direction of the noise.
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