It was she who had
come out from the flat only a few minutes before. But a middle-aged man like Ramage ought to know
better than to draw out a girl, the daughter of a friend and neighbor. It seemed as if each time her
imagination reached out investingly, an invisible lash beat it back. Plots were hatched in the provinces,
where many of the old and wealthy Catholic families resided, whose zeal for the
martyr of their religion (as the Chevalier was esteemed), sharpened by the
persecutions they themselves endured, rendered them hearty and efficient allies. In vain did the woollendraper offer to set him free if he would restore the stolen article, or give up his
associate, to whom it was supposed he might have handed it. ‘I’ll handle her better alone. Oh, John. I
should feel that I had been obliged to find some one else to fight my battles for
me. ’
Releasing her, he turned and walked swiftly towards the door. Anna,
who was disposed to be sharply critical, could find no fault with it.
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