” He met her questioning eye, and repeated,
“Oh! it IS a success. You know—I worship you. To-morrow night
—or rather to-night, for we are fast verging on another day—I propose to lure
him out of the house by a stratagem which I am sure will prove infallible; and,
then, what so easy as to knock him on the head. He brought into
service all his Oriental bar-room tricks. Arrived there, Jack felt about for a particular window;
and having discovered the object of his search, and received the necessary
implements from his companion, he instantly commenced operations. She
remembered him as a dull figure, a big man with a belly
that was already showing fat under his fine scarlet clothes. Standing before a mirror set on a dresser between the windows, two hands
frozen in the act of adjusting a wide-brimmed hat on her head, stood a lady in a
dark riding habit, her startled features turned towards the door. But when all was over, a sorrowful calm succeeded, and, if not free from grief,
she was tranquil. He was always word-building, a
metaphorist, lavish with singing adjectives; but often he built in confusion
because it was difficult to describe something beautiful in a new yet simple way. Mr. I said I knew he
disliked and distrusted you and your work—that you shared all Russell’s
opinions: he hates Russell beyond measure—and that we couldn’t possibly face
a conventional marriage. I’m a desperate young woman. I have a
hundred of them—mixed blood—on my island, and they are always rooking me. His literary
instincts began to stir. I require
nothing, you see, till my share of the contract is fulfilled.
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