‘The whole town is talking. ’”
“What did he say?”
“What does any one say to an invitation to dinner point-blank? One tries to
collect one’s wits. She wanted to stay where she was; but tears were dangerous; the
more she wept, the weaker she would become defensively. They would be quite
as entertaining as the histories of Guzman D'Alfarache, Lazarillo de Tormes,
Estevanillo Gonzalez, Meriton Latroon, or any of my favourite rogues,—and far
more instructive. ”
He left the room, and she stood motionless, with flaming cheeks, listening to his
retreating footsteps. But he reckoned without his host. To Ruth the thought of Hartford no longer projected upon her vision a city of
spires and houses and tree-lined streets. I must tell somebody—and
you would understand. "
"He then," continued the woollen-draper, "is no longer considered—"
"How, Sir?" cried Thames, advancing, "what is the meaning of your reference to
my name? Have you dared to insult this lady? If so—"
"Insult her!" replied Kneebone, rising, and endeavouring to hide his
embarrassment under a look of defiance. I
bear the marks of some of them about me still," he continued, taking off his wig,
and laying bare a bald skull, covered with cicatrices and plates of silver. There lay upon this stand a book bound in limp black leather—the Holy Bible.
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