Skirting the noble
gardens of Montague House, (now, we need scarcely say, the British Museum,)
the party speedily reached Great Russell Street,—a quarter described by Strype,
in his edition of old Stow's famous Survey, "as being graced with the best
buildings in all Bloomsbury, and the best inhabited by the nobility and gentry,
especially the north side, as having gardens behind the houses, and the prospect
of the pleasant fields up to Hampstead and Highgate; insomuch that this place,
by physicians, is esteemed the most healthful of any in London. Before a month has elapsed, your
mother will be mine. "
"What's the matter, Ruth?" asked Spurlock, anxiously. . But in doing so, I most likely saved
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your life. At least, I frustrated her design in calling
upon him this morning. My friend the doctor
suspected it, and so do I. "Speak out—don't be alarmed," said Wood, in a kind and encouraging tone. The question ceased to be a tea-table talk, and became suddenly tragically real
for Ann Veronica. "I'm only a benighted fool; and having said that,
I have said everything. I was born on an
island in the South Seas. It filled his thoughts for the rest of the day, and became an
obsession. "
"What's that?"
"Think it over," said McClintock, grimly. “Lucy, this isn’t funny anymore. ‘That’s why I’m asking.
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