She had been quite convinced that an
engagement with him and at last a marriage had exactly that quality of
compromise which distinguishes the ways of the wise. But at the beginning of the affray, when he
thought every one was too much occupied with his own concerns to remark his
absence, he slipped out of the room, not for the purpose of avoiding the
engagement (for cowardice was not one of his failings), but because he had
another object in view. “Lucy, that is so sad. "Come to my arms,
Thames! Oh! dear! Oh! dear!"
To repeat the questions and congratulations which now ensued, or describe the
extravagant joy of the carpenter, who, after he had hugged his adopted son to his
breast with such warmth as almost to squeeze the breath from his body, capered
around the room, threw his wig into the empty fire-grate, and committed various
other fantastic actions, in order to get rid of his superfluous satisfaction—to
describe the scarcely less extravagant raptures of his spouse, or the more
subdued, but not less heartfelt delight of Winifred, would be a needless task, as it
must occur to every one's imagination. “Do you mean in looks?” she asked. Not
even for Ruth could he do such a beastly thing. "The
Beachcombers. "In case he should, I say," continued Thames, "will you promise to let Jack
Sheppard take my place in your affections, Winny?"
"Never!" replied the little damsel, "I can never love any one so much as you. A woman was born to have children, particularly
male children. Your
adoptive father understands mankind better. Anna took up the pen, and signed, after a moment’s
hesitation,
A.
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