Wood at Dollis Hill, was assaulted and half-killed
by a party of ruffians, headed, he swore, by Mr. "The doctor and I agreed to give you a chance—for her sake. ToC
About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small backparlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding
noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a
sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance,
murmured,—"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers—slumbers peacefully. 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. She obeyed, extending her arm. A beachcomber in embryo, and she had lent a hand through habit as much
as through pity. “I’m rather a persistent person. They found a cosy little table in the tea-rooms, and everything was
delicious. From the Sha-mien to the yacht, Spurlock had
uttered no word; though, even in the semi-darkness, no gesture or word of Ruth's
escaped him. CHAPTER XXI. We dressed it in a little music.
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