He drew an
awed breath. “While that lamb was about every man of
any spirit was regarded as a dangerous wolf. They
used the rope—not that a rope was at all necessary, but because Ann Veronica’s
exalted state of mind made the fact of the rope agreeably symbolical; and,
anyhow, it did insure a joint death in the event of some remotely possibly
mischance. At last he took up his thoughts again: “I wonder if, some day, one
won’t need to rebel against customs and laws? If this discord will have gone?
Some day, perhaps—who knows?—the old won’t coddle and hamper the young,
and the young won’t need to fly in the faces of the old. I am your servitor. Yet in some
hidden corner was a vein of sentiment, of which for the first time in his later life
he was now unexpectedly aware. We're told, that 'Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul. Martin said “Hi” to her in the
halls every day now, a sure sign of trouble. She spoke with a certain odd
deliberation carefully chosen words which fell like drops of ice upon the man
who sat listening. Arrived at her side, it
was soon evident, from the throng of seamen in Dutch dresses that displayed
themselves, that her crew were on the alert, and a rope having been thrown down
to the skipper, he speedily hoisted himself on deck.
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