After these dinners they would have a walk, usually to the Thames
Embankment to see the two sweeps of river on either side of Waterloo Bridge;
and then they would part at Westminster Bridge, perhaps, and he would go on to
Waterloo. ”
“Climbing?”
“Yes. “Have you dropped from the skies?” Sydney asked wonderingly. ”
Capes watched the limpid water dripping from his oar. ‘I don’t know what the devil you’re
talking about. '"
As these words were delivered by the carpenter with stern emphasis, a female
servant entered the room, and stated that a gentleman was at the door, who
wished to speak with Captain Darell on business of urgent importance. ‘The outcome, I think, is in
very little doubt. Heaven knows why! They don’t marry most of us off now until
high up in the twenties. The ripple of the water against the boat, as its keel cleaves
through the stream—the darkling current hurrying by—the indistinctly-seen
craft, of all forms and all sizes, hovering around, and making their way in ghostlike silence, or warning each other of their approach by cries, that, heard from
afar, have something doleful in their note—the solemn shadows cast by the
bridges—the deeper gloom of the echoing arches—the lights glimmering from
the banks—the red reflection thrown upon the waves by a fire kindled on some
stationary barge—the tall and fantastic shapes of the houses, as discerned
through the obscurity;—these, and other sights and sounds of the same character,
give a sombre colour to the thoughts of one who may choose to indulge in
meditation at such a time and in such a place. “They’re very good this year,” said Ann Veronica, avoiding controversial
matter. . Wood, popping her head
through the window. But there was a face pressed to the glass. "
"Say the word, and I'm mum," returned the executioner.
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