After a brief conversation, which Sheppard
sustained with his accustomed liveliness, the old man turned to Bess and
addressed a few words of common-place gallantry to her. It’s got to be at last like tobacco-ash over all
my sayings and doings. "
"Very well, sir. It isn’t. The poor wretch, driven by
desperation to the commission of a crime which her soul abhors, is no more
beyond the hope of reformation than she is without the pale of mercy. You seemed, he thought, to have
some grievance which you would not explain and which he thought must arise
from a misunderstanding. The wounded man had
descended the bridge, and dashed himself against the door beyond it; but, finding
it impossible to force his way further, he turned to confront his assailants. ’ He bowed and
indicated the open door at the back of the hall. He had not addressed to her even the most ordinary courtesy
of fellow travellers; she doubted that he was even aware of her existence.
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