His features
were regular, and finely-formed; his complexion bright and blooming,—a little
shaded, however, by travel and exposure to the sun; and, with a praiseworthy
contempt for the universal and preposterous fashion then prevailing, of
substituting a peruke for the natural covering of the head, he allowed his own
dark-brown hair to fall over his shoulders in ringlets as luxuriant as those that
distinguished the court gallant in Charles the Second's days—a fashion, which
we do not despair of seeing revived in our own days. One of these, a
lady, evidently a confirmed invalid, and attired in deep mourning, reclined upon
a sort of couch, or easy chair, set on wheels, with her head supported by
cushions, and her feet resting upon a velvet footstool. "
"One word before we begin, Blueskin," said Jack, authoritatively; "in case the
family should be alarmed—mind, no violence. She seemed to have recovered herself as he returned, but rose as if she
would go back to the saloon. While he was thus employed, his nerves underwent a severe shock. Somehow logic could
not explain her. It would be useless to tell her to go back, even
heartless; and yet he could not advise her to go on, blindly, not knowing whether
her aunt was dead or alive. It
is good sometimes to walk with a man who can look God squarely in the face, as
you can. Well, I was all for dragging in Bow Street
there and then, and getting the pair of those fraudsters thrown in gaol. ”
She lingered over her tea, and glancing around, a sudden reflection on the
change in her surroundings from the scene of her last night’s supper brought a
faint, humorous smile to her lips. It is not you who runs the risk of
going dinnerless to-morrow. But a doll that rolled its eyes and had
flaxen hair! Except for the manual labour—there had been natives to fetch and
carry—she and Cosette were sisters in loneliness. A moment before he
had been a strong man, she had been in his power, a poor helpless thing.
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