He had just arrived from Manchester, whence he had been
summoned by that treacherous thief-taker. In spite of the tumultuous joy which agitated him, the bridegroom could not
prevent the intrusion of some saddening thoughts, as he reflected upon the
melancholy scene which he had so recently witnessed in the same place. ToC
Nearly nine years after the events last recorded, and about the middle of May,
1724, a young man of remarkably prepossessing appearance took his way, one
afternoon, along Wych Street; and, from the curiosity with which he regarded the
houses on the left of the road, seemed to be in search of some particular
habitation. Ramage pursed his rather loose lips and shrugged his shoulders, with his eyes
fixed steadily upon her. They turned the corner that joined Michelle's street to
her own. “Go on!”
“You know—in Paris they coupled my name with some one’s—an
Englishman’s. Lassitude?”
“I suppose so. If this
success continued, it would be easy to assume the name of Taber. I will tell you what you
shall give me, if you like. Suddenly the door of the flat opened and
closed. But what had young Spurlock done for Ah Cum in the space of twenty-four
hours that had engaged Ah Cum's loyalty, not only engaged it but put it on
guard? For O'Higgins, receiving light from the next table, had no doubt
regarding the identity of the subject of this old maid's observations.
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