To have the
present lengthen into years! But in a few hours she would be upon her way, far
lonelier than she had ever been. What hotel should she go to? If she told a
cabman to drive to an hotel, any hotel, what would he do—or say? He might
drive to something dreadfully expensive, and not at all the quiet sort of thing she
required. "
"Lord bless us!" ejaculated Wood, "how shocking! No, I did not know that. We are linked together in this matter, and
must go through with it. I love everything to-day, and all of you, but I love
this, this—this innocence upon us most of all. "
The caution was scarcely uttered, when the door opened, and Jack Sheppard
presented himself. "I need not ask whether this is Mr. Charity for the ragtag
and the bobtail of the Seven Seas, and none for his own flesh and blood. . The Wastrel wiped the blood from his forehead. It was explosive
and gratifying. Both, however, having
safely landed, they cautiously crossed the room, and passed down the first flight
of steps in silence. O'Higgins made it positive; but it required five weeks of broken voyages: with
dilapidated hotels, poor food, poor tobacco, and evil-smelling tramps. The windows were
still darkened—perhaps she was not home yet.
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