He did
not look up, so he did not know that in her other hand she held a glass of wine. Here was the same Ruth who had left him a few minutes
since: the same outwardly; and yet…!
On the ninth day Spurlock was up and about; that is, he was strong enough to
walk alone, from the companion to his chair, to lean upon the rail when the chair
grew irksome, to join Ruth and his employer at lunch and dinner: strong enough
to argue about books, music, paintings. Scarcely had it come to a halt, when a stalwart man shouldered his way, in spite
of their opposition, through the lines of soldiery to the cart, and offered his large
horny hand to the prisoner. Her
evident terror and distress reinforced the tale he told. ‘What the devil
for? I’ll have one of the men ride the creature up tomorrow. He then stamped upon the hand on
the lower bannister, until that also relaxed its gripe.
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