The ripple of the water against the boat, as its keel cleaves
through the stream—the darkling current hurrying by—the indistinctly-seen
craft, of all forms and all sizes, hovering around, and making their way in ghostlike silence, or warning each other of their approach by cries, that, heard from
afar, have something doleful in their note—the solemn shadows cast by the
bridges—the deeper gloom of the echoing arches—the lights glimmering from
the banks—the red reflection thrown upon the waves by a fire kindled on some
stationary barge—the tall and fantastic shapes of the houses, as discerned
through the obscurity;—these, and other sights and sounds of the same character,
give a sombre colour to the thoughts of one who may choose to indulge in
meditation at such a time and in such a place. "Mother—dear mother!" said Jack, bursting into tears. Sheila pounded the kitchen table,
causing the bell jar with the silk flowers to tip over and
roll to the floor. Maggot held up a lantern, which she found in the
shop. ’
Melusine gasped. ”
And to them were presently added a roguish-looking young man, with reddish
hair, an orange tie, and a fluffy tweed suit, and others who, in Ann Veronica’s
memory, in spite of her efforts to recall details, remained obstinately just
“others. Kneebone, a woollen-draper in Wych Street, with whose pockets, it appears,
Jack, when a lad, made a little too free. ‘What happened, ma’am?’ enquired Gerald gently. They were so good to me. . It is we who have
become the parasites and toys. His horse,
which had apparently gone to sleep, preferred to remain where he was. But she was not sure just how to reach it.
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