It will be necessary to secure his companion; and as you say he
is not in the house, some caution must be used in approaching him, or he may
chance to take to his heels, for he's a slippery little rascal. ’
Chapter Ten
‘I am come on a mission of some delicacy, ma’am,’ Gerald said calmly to the old
lady. She wasn’t well-liked really, I think people were jealous of
her. This vile hovering to catch a man’s eye!. He
did make her perceive something of the acute, tormenting desire for her that had
arisen in him and possessed him. "
"As like as life, Sir," observed Austin, peeping over Thornhill's shoulder at the
portrait. And, though neither peace nor
innocence can be restored to my bosom; though tears cannot blot out my
offences, nor sorrow drown my shame; yet, knowing that my penitence is
sincere, I do not despair that my transgressions may be forgiven. Wood,—the person whom you may remember
adopted him,—at Dollis Hill, near Willesden; and it's a singular but fortunate
circumstance, so far as we are concerned, that Mrs. She understood. "
"I declare I don't know what to do," said Wood, burned by conflicting emotions. ”
“I don’t care how we meet,” she said. Put him in the
stocks, and there let him sleep off his drunken fit. He had offered to escort the young lady to England where
she might seek refuge with her relations there, and proposed that the maid
Yolande might serve Miss Charvill. "
During this touching interview, a change had come over Sir Rowland, and he
half repented of what he had done. Here are your indentures, if you choose to
seek another master.
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