When he awoke, it was late in the day; but though
he heard voices outside, and now and then caught a glimpse of a face peeping at
him through the iron grating over the door, no one entered the prison, or held any
communication with him. I am not come
here to play the part of your father-confessor. ‘Would that your mistress were as trusting. And most of the others she had met had, she felt, the same
steadfastness. “It was best for
me to know. I will tell you this much, because you have been kind. He turned to
Mrs. I did not care—no woman really cares—to play
the beggar maid to your King Cophetua. Just speak
the word," he added, drawing the knife significantly across his throat, "and I'll
put it out of his power to do the same by your second. “My sister is sure to be
out. . ”
The girl received this intimation in silence, but the face that looked down
upon the gas fire took an expression of obstinacy that brought out a hitherto
latent resemblance between parent and child. "
"I am fully aware of it, Sir Rowland," replied Jonathan, coolly; "but I have
nothing to fear; because, in the first place, it will be to your advantage not to
molest me; and, in the second, I am provided against all contingencies. Then
I tucked it nice and snug under the saddle-bag.
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