Nothing could have been farther from Melusine’s mind. ”
For a fraction of a second the two young men hesitated. ‘Yes, miss. The next page
was a drawing that she had made in pen and ink of his
face, or what she had remembered of it. He was daring enough to have seized and carried him off before the
whole congregation, but he preferred waiting. Wood again made his appearance in a more
composed frame of mind, and, at his daughter's earnest solicitation, was induced
to partake of some refreshment. Yet her embarrassment was only a passing thing. “If you interfere between us,” the man said, “it will go hardly with you. “Do you think it is fair of you to
persecute me just now?”
“It is not persecution, Anna,” he answered gently. But though he visited Sir Rowland Trenchard's seat,
Ashton Hall, he could gain no tidings of him, or of his uncle, Sir Rowland, who,
it seems, has left the country. He used to call it his fire-escape—ha! ha!
I've often used the ladder for my own convenience, but I never expected to turn
it to such good account. ToC
The household of the worthy carpenter, it may be conceived, was thrown into the
utmost confusion and distress by the unaccountable disappearance of the two
boys. Followed by Van Galgebrok and others of his retinue, he then rushed
into the room, where Rowland, Sir Cecil, and their attendants, stood with drawn
swords prepared to receive them. At sunset
the swarming abruptly ceased; even the sampans appeared to draw closer
together, with the quiet of water-fowl.
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