Having disposed of his steed and
swallowed a glass of brandy, without taking any other refreshment, he threw
himself on a couch, where he sank at once into a heavy slumber. Good night! God bless you!"
Upon this, there was a great shaking of hands, with renewed apologies and
protestations of friendship on both sides; after which Mr. Certain of my prey,
I can afford to wait for it. The idea of Ruth as a
talisman against misfortune—which he now recognized as a sick man's idea—
faded as his appreciation of the absurd reasserted itself. ’
‘Damn you, answer me!’
Her eyes flashed. ”
She thought of her father, and with an effort dismissed him from her mind. 98
< 13 >
THE ISLAND CASTLE AT HERCULIS
Life with Sebastian was often trying, yet he grew on
her far more than Gianfrancesco ever had. The necessity which had previously existed of leaving the ghastly evidence of
the murderous deed undisturbed,—the presence of the mangled corpse,—the
bustle of the inquest, at which her attendance was required,—all these
circumstances produced a harrowing effect upon the young girl's imagination. “How do you know?”
“Well, it isn’t exactly a depressing state, is it?”
“YOU don’t know. “You’re a biologist, aren’t
you?”
He began to talk of his own impressions of biology as a commonplace
magazine reader who had to get what he could from the monthly reviews, and
was glad to meet with any information from nearer the fountainhead. "Was I out of my head?"
"Yes.
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