"
The feminine vanities in Ruth were quiescent; nothing had ever occurred in her
life to tingle them into action. He wondered if the young fool had any idea of what he had drawn in
this tragic lottery called marriage. I won't keep you long. "
"Well, I never was more surprised in my life," said the poet,—"never!"
"He's just the man I expected to see," observed Hogarth, who, having arranged
everything to Thornhill's satisfaction, had turned to look at the prisoner, and was
now with his chin upon his wrist, and his elbow supported by the other hand,
bending his keen gray eyes upon him, "just the man! Look at that light, lithe
figure,—all muscle and activity, with not an ounce of superfluous flesh upon it. "
"We waste time with this fellow," interposed Sir Cecil, "and may lose the object
of our quest, who, beyond doubt, has taken refuge in this building. His gaze remained steady on the old
dame’s face, as he thought about it. "The whole thing in a nutshell!"
"Are there no men a woman may trust absolutely?"
"Hang it, that isn't it. Amid this skirmish Jonathan greatly distinguished himself. Besides, I
don't think he's going to ask, if that is what you are
getting at. "And now
to dispose of our dead. She is no more English than that set of beggars over there. "I need not
remind you, Sir Rowland, that I am aware you are deeply implicated in the
Jacobite plot which is now known to be hatching. We have known men who have come here for no other
purpose than to prove their unassailable virtue, who have strode into the arena of
temptation, waving the—the what is it—the white flower of a blameless life,
only to exchange it with marvellous facility for the violets of the Parisienne.
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