"Ruth?"
Silence for a moment. God! I have cheated
myself into a belief that the boy perished! And now my worst fears are realized
—he lives!"
"As yet," returned Jonathan, with fearful emphasis. He
was certain that those lips of hers had never known the natural and pardonable
simper of youth. ”
He strode away and vanished in the gathering fog. Somebody ought to
talk to him, warn him. He rather liked the "sir"; it
signified both gratefulness and the chastened spirit. Then they discoursed on love for a time, and Alderman Dunstable, turning
back to the shy, blond young man and speaking in undertones of the utmost
clearness, gave a brief and confidential account of an unfounded rumor of the
bifurcation of the affections of Blinders that had led to a situation of some
unpleasantness upon the Borough Council. I
hoped for a family like the Becks and I waded through
the system until I got them, so maybe life isn’t so damn
hopeless after all. ”
“Afraid!”
“Yes. " Ascending the gate once more on the way
back, we find over the Stone Hall another large room, called Debtors' Hall,
facing Newgate Street, with "very good air and light. "
And, once more enveloping himself in darkness, he pursued his course.
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