The worthy carpenter was restored to instant good humour by
a glance from his helpmate; and, notwithstanding the infliction he had just
endured, he would have quarrelled with any one who had endeavoured to
persuade him that he was not the happiest of men, and Mrs. Goopes down on him with the lesson
Titian teaches so beautifully in his “Sacred and Profane Love,” and became quite
eloquent upon the impossibility of any deception in the former. "
"Ay, and there's my liver. ToC
During the whole of the next day and night, the poor widow hovered like a ghost
about the precincts of the debtors' garrison,—for admission (by the Master's
express orders,) was denied her. ‘Word has it that she is
English on her father’s side. "You will not
hesitate to break it, if it suits your purpose. Or I should have made love to you long
ago. What could I do?’
‘Anything but to bring him to me,’ Melusine threw at him. The lady had disappeared. ’
‘What?’
‘Neat little toy. Reconnoitring them through a small grated loophole, he refused to open the door
till they had explained their business. Amid this portentous hush, the report of a pistol reached the carpenter's ears;
and, raising his head at the sound, he beheld a sight which filled him with fresh
apprehensions. . ”
“Do you think he’ll come after you?”
“Why would he do that? It has been three hundred
239
years. There were menacing possibilities;
the thought of them set him a-tremble.
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