Then she was out of the door and
running, fast. “Rummy lot we are!” said Roddy. She softened her tone and
scrambled for the right words. Wood, (for I never do anything without
consulting my better half,) I'll take the boy, educate him, and bring him up to my
own business of a carpenter. He was not quite sure
whether, after all, he had been wise. Baptist Kettleby (for so was the Master named) was a "goodly portly man, and a
corpulent," whose fair round paunch bespoke the affection he entertained for
good liquor and good living. Part of her felt like laughing insanely at
how badly she had been duped. As no apprehension was
entertained of an escape by this outlet,—nothing of the kind having been
attempted by the boldest felon ever incarcerated in Newgate,—both doors were
generally left open during the daytime. Wood,
and however he might dissent from the latter proposition, he did not deem it
expedient to make any reply; and the orator proceeded with his harangue amid
the general applause of the assemblage. The struggle had dislodged the white wimple,
which was evidently too large for her, and her black hair broke free, whirling
like a whiplash about her head as her hands curled into fists, coming up to beat
at his chest, her little teeth bared for attack. She had made her first fight for dignity and freedom
as a grown-up and independent Person, and this was how the universe had
treated her. There's something queer about that young man; but we'll
never be able to find out what it is.
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