“Will you come this way,” she said, “into the drawing-room? There is no one
there just now. ‘Or flew in by balloon, perhaps. The envelope might contain only a request as to what he wanted
done with the manuscripts. “John, I’m so hungry. "
"But, Mac. "
"There, now! You mustn't get mixed. Poor soul! she nearly died when she heard he had robbed his master; and it
might have been well if she had done so, for she never afterwards recovered her
reason. She had thought that all Morningside Park
householders came home before seven at the latest, as her father usually did. She despises one-piece swimsuits, she calls them
‘old hag bathing dresses’ no matter how low-cut they are. 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. And, fearing you might not come to me, I
forced my way hither, even with certainty of discomposing your friends.
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