. It was a curious sight to see how this extraordinary woman, who, it has been
said, was not less remarkable for the extreme delicacy of her features, and the
faultless symmetry of her figure, than for her wonderful strength and agility,
conducted herself in the present encounter; with what dexterity she parried every
blow aimed against her by her adversary, whose head and face, already marked
by various ruddy streams, showed how successfully her own hits had been made;
—how she drew him hither and thither, now leading him on, now driving him
suddenly back; harassing and exhausting him in every possible way, and making
it apparent that she could at any moment put an end to the fight, and only
delayed the finishing stroke to make his punishment the more severe. They crossed the Park to the
westward, and then turned back and walked round the circle about the Royal
Botanical Gardens and then southwardly toward Waterloo. "
"De gentleman may rely on my showing his relation all de attention in my
power," replied Van Galgebrok, bowing profoundly to the knight; "but if any
unforseen accident—such as a slip overboard—should befal de jonker on de
voyage, he mushn't lay de fault entirely on my shoulders—haw! haw!"
"Where is he?" asked Sir Rowland, glancing uneasily around. \"The servants will hear you!\"
\"I don't care! Why do you?” She cried. True, on board the
ships she had watched young men from afar, but only with that normal curiosity
which is aroused in the presence of any new species. He’ll do. She reflected upon that with a thrill of
terror that was also, somehow, in some faint remote way, gleeful. 135
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OWNER OF A LONELY HEART
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