The walls
were bare, and painted in stone-colour; the floors, devoid of carpet; the beds, of
hangings; the windows, of blinds; and, excepting in the thief-taker's own
audience-chamber, there was not a chair or a table about the premises; the place
of these conveniences being elsewhere supplied by benches, and deal-boards laid
across joint-stools. Without preamble, in a voice of extreme exasperation, he demanded, ‘Now
what the devil’s to do? What in God’s name do you mean by sending Gerald
such a ridiculous letter? Never read anything half as crazy. After a while he spoke again. "Heaven
be praised, I am not the son of a nobleman. No one
could take the place for anything but what it was, and even Gosse hesitated in
the doorway.
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