It frightened her to behold her heart and mind
thus laid bare; but the chapter following would reassure her. October
arrived; and in another week the court would be sitting at the Old Bailey. She was listed for the raid—she was informed it was to be a raid upon the
House of Commons, though no particulars were given her—and told to go alone
to 14, Dexter Street, Westminster, and not to ask any policeman to direct her. “He will find it difficult no doubt to alter his style of living,” she said. A strange betrothal!—the primal idea of which was escape! The girl, intent upon
abrogating for ever all legal rights of the father in the daughter, of rendering
innocuous the thing she had now named the Terror: the boy, seeking selfcrucifixion in expiation of his transgression, changing a peccadillo into
damnation!
It was easy for Ruth to surrender to the idea, for she believed she was loved; and
in gratitude it was already her determination to give this boy her heart's blood,
drop by drop, if he wanted it. The order was promptly
obeyed, and the horses proceeded at a furious pace along the Edgeware Road. "He never let me keep a dog or a cat about the house. The expression, however,
which would chiefly have interested a beholder, was that of settled and profound
melancholy.
Video ID: TW96aWxsYS81LjAgQXBwbGVXZWJLaXQvNTM3LjM2IChLSFRNTCwgbGlrZSBHZWNrbzsgY29tcGF0aWJsZTsgQ2xhdWRlQm90LzEuMDsgK2NsYXVkZWJvdEBhbnRocm9waWMuY29tKSAtIDE4LjE5MS42OC4xOCAtIDE0LTA3LTIwMjQgMDI6NDg6MDAgLSAxOTQ3Mzk3NDY1
This video was uploaded to indienet.info on 13-07-2024 13:39:30