He saw it in book-covers, on the stage. It was not without considerable demur and delay on the part of Sharples that the
carpenter and his companion could gain admittance to the round-house. But Ruth was his woman, and he had sworn to God to defend
her. "
"I agree to that. That was the glorious if
bewildering truth. She loped
forward on unnaturally long legs and arms that swung
loosely. But this wild scheme was speedily abandoned; and, nerved by despair,
the carpenter resolved to hazard an attempt, from the execution, almost from the
contemplation, of which he had hitherto shrunk. By many a highwayman many a draught
Of nutty-brown ale at Saint Giles's was quaft,
Until the old lazar-house chanced to fall down,
And the broad-bottom'd bowl was removed to the Crown. ‘I wish you joy of the wench. "To him I owe everything," continued the widow, "life itself—nay, more than
life,—for without his assistance I should have perished, body and soul. . I had no
idea!” She sat down abruptly and threw her wrists limply upon the table. ”
“Quite charming apartments,” Miss Stanley admired; “charming! Everything
is so pretty and convenient. Alderley’s
company of militia being his own, he was able to choose duty periods
convenient to himself and his captain, and was under no obligation to wear dress
uniform.
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