But his own situation was too perilous to admit of his rendering any assistance to the ill-fated waterman. He was roused from the stupor of despair into which he had sunk by the voice of Ben, who roared in his ear, "The bridge!—the bridge!" CHAPTER VII. She closed the book that she had been pretending to read and gathered her black umbrella and her backpack, a childish accoutrement she despised. ‘Eh bien?’ She thrust again, from the same place. Still, his robust frame enabled him to hold out. "You must not remain here," he said. ’ The lady hesitated a moment, her eyes seeming to measure the distance between where he stood and the door. The haste to send her upon her way now had but one interpretation—the recognition of his own immediate danger, the fear that if this tender association continued, he would end in offering her a calamity quite as impossible as that which had happened—the love of a man who was in all probability older than her father! The hurt was no less intensive because it was so ridiculous. He did not want Ruth to see his own stricken countenance; nor did he care to see hers, ravaged by tears. I have never in my life been so much puzzled by any one as by your sister. You seem altogether altered, too. ’ ‘It cannot be helped now. You're Mister Wild's pris'ner, and worse luck to it!" "I don't ask you to liberate me," urged Thames; "but will you convey a message for me?" "Where to, honey?" "To Mr. " "I am here in Canton," she replied, simply. Besides," added he, opening the shawl in which the infant was wrapped, and throwing the light of the candle full upon its sickly, but placid features, "it's sinful to repine while you've a child like this to comfort you.
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