"A hundred pounds!" exclaimed Shotbolt. "Why came
she here?"
"She could not resist the hand of fate which drew her hither," replied Sir Cecil,
mournfully. Blueskin drew the knife
across his throat a second time, widening and deepening the wound; and
wrenching back the head to get it into a more favourable position, would
infallibly have severed it from the trunk, if the officers, who by this time had
recovered from their terror, had not thrown themselves upon him, and withheld
him. The carpenter trembled; for he perceived Rowland's gaze fixed first upon the
infant, and then on himself. A bad sign; it signified that the heart action was in a precarious state. If only she had thought to plunge the scissors into her own heart! Hoddy
… to return and find her either gone or dead! But even as the Wastrel's arms
gathered her, there came the sound of hurrying steps on the veranda. "I'm sure he won't attempt to prevent me," rejoined Thames. A note of belligerency had crept into his tone. "I will struggle
no longer with destiny.
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