When he came to a certain sentence in
Brendon’s letter he stopped short and looked up at her. “Will you say what you have to say, please, and go. Wood had retired to his own room, where he had just summoned Thames. Gerald went through all the papers in front of Gosse and
that woman of his, one by one. Wild
on his guard against an assassin. This lifeless appearance was
heightened by the extreme sharpness of her features—especially the nose and
chin,—and by the emaciation of her limbs, which was painfully distinct through
her drapery. The young ladies in the somewhat mixed society amongst which he
moved neither satisfied his taste nor appealed in any way to his affections. Why had he kissed her? What had led him into that? Neither love nor passion—
utter blankness so far as reducing the act to terms. Curses
light on the horse!" he added, seizing the bridle of his steed, who continued
snorting and shivering, as if still under the influence of some unaccountable
alarm; "what can ail him?"
"I know what ails him, your honour," rejoined the groom, riding up as he spoke;
"he's seen somethin' not o' this world. ’
‘Ain’t it? Want me to give you some time with her? Not that I think she’ll tell
you anything. "Not dangerously, I hope," returned Thames; "but fly—save yourself. Promptly Ah Cum wired the information to O'Higgins in Hong-Kong.
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