‘There is no one who could
have told him this. And the infant, in all
probability, would have been snatched from its preserver, if a posse of the watch
(sent out to maintain order and protect property) had not opportunely arrived,
and by a vigorous application of their halberts dispersed his persecutors, and set
him at liberty. ‘But I’ve known
that for years. “I—I am sorry—I didn’t explain. If I had been your companion only, and not your
master, I might very well have been content to accept you for what you seem. "That depends upon you. "
"Unpossible, master," rejoined Ben; "the tide's running down like a mill-sluice,
and the wind's right in our teeth. It was a charming sight to watch the motions of her tiny fingers as she pursued
her task; and though the posture she adopted was not the most favourable that
might have been chosen for the display of her sylphlike figure, there was
something in her attitude, and the glow of her countenance, lighted up by the
mellow radiance of the setting sun falling upon her through the panes of the little
dormer-window, that seemed to the youth inexpressibly beautiful. We
made sure it was just like Gwen.
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