’ ‘Only in hot blood, eh?’ grinned Gerald. Loneliness—something that was almost physical: as if the vitality had been taken out of the air she breathed. Quarter-staves, bludgeons, brown-bills, lanterns, swords, and sconces were alike shivered; and, to judge from the sullied state of their habiliments, the claret must have been tapped pretty freely. But the love of life prevailed over his fears. ‘I understand you have not been in England very long,’ he said in English, noting that Madame raised her fan and lowered her gaze demurely. Unlocking several doors, he came to a dark vault, that would have rivalled the gloomiest cell in Newgate, into which he thrust Thames, and fastened the door. It is I who took the burden of your misdeeds upon my shoulders that you might become Lady Ferringhall. He handed her a cheque for thirty-one pounds, ten shillings, and read the agreement through to her. Then, in a few years, he and Ruth might fare forth in comfort and security.
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