Plain, wide-mouthed, freckled, and
ugly, she was an instantly jealous creature, her saving
grace that she took no pains to mask her extreme dislike
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of petite, pretty girls. In the matter of his conscience he was primitive;
and for an educated man to become primitive is to become something of a child. Moored to the steps, several wherries were dancing in the rushing current, as if
impatient of restraint. She stood among them, watching them and
feeling curiously alien to them. This was the reason he had raised his little
independent Company of Light Infantry and joined the West Kent Militia. "
"Shall I tell you a real story?"
"Something you have seen?"
"Yes. And think things out. "Sit down, fool!"
"Jack," said Kneebone, who had been considerably interested by the foregoing
scene, "are these regrets for your past life sincere?"
"Suppose them so," rejoined Jack, "what then?"
"Nothing—nothing," stammered Kneebone, his prudence getting the better of his
sympathy. Spurlock sat limply, his arms hanging. Chapter XXIV
A CASE FOR THE POLICE
After that first horrible moment it was perhaps Anna who was the more selfpossessed.
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