But stand by and hear such things said about my late mistress’s
daughter, I won’t. Sheppard did not dare to
return any answer; but, disengaging herself from his embrace, endeavoured
meekly to comply with his request. It said:
Got news for you about J. Her figure, though slight, had all the fulness of health; and her
complexion—still pale, but without its former sickly cast,—contrasted agreeably,
by its extreme fairness, with the dark brows and darker lashes that shaded eyes
which, if they had lost some of their original brilliancy, had gained infinitely
more in the soft and chastened lustre that replaced it. Unexpectedly he found himself speeding toward
the father. He was a young man of
about two-and-twenty, who, without having anything remarkable either in dress
or appearance, was yet a noticeable person, if only for the indescribable
expression of cunning pervading his countenance. “The fact of it is, and this absurd project of yours only brings it to a head, you
have begun to get hold of some very queer ideas about what a young lady in
your position may or may not venture to do. Anna sent her away. He’s dead. "
"Nor Jonathan Wild, I hope," interposed Sheppard.
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