He was a young man of
about two-and-twenty, who, without having anything remarkable either in dress
or appearance, was yet a noticeable person, if only for the indescribable
expression of cunning pervading his countenance. But
Gerald wouldn’t hear of it. He contrived to break off his sister's match; and this he accomplished
so cleverly, that he maintained the strictest friendship with Sir Cecil. So you are Prudence
Remenham. It is for that reason that
this novel begins with her there, and neither earlier nor later, for it is the history
of this crisis and its consequences that this novel has to tell. “You said you were in love with me,” said Ann Veronica; “I wanted to explain
—”
“I said I loved and wanted you. Having drunk as much as he thought prudent, and thanked
his unknown friend for his attention, Jack again lay down on the straw, and
indulged himself with another nap, intending to get up as soon as it was perfectly
dark. ’
‘I would have done, only you threatened to blow off my head,’ Gerald
reminded her, laughing. Along the floor ran an iron bar to
which Jack's chain was attached, so that he could move along it from one end of
the chamber to the other.
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