He did not like it, he said, with a
significant look, to be reminded of either his books or his dinners after he had
done with them. He was apt to play so
many games, she was afraid she might have misunderstood. If such a thing in connexion with him had been possible they
would have declared that he was in a towering rage. But this was but a momentary gleam of personal application, and at this time
she followed it up no further. While Thames modestly expressed a hope that he might not belie the carpenter's
favourable prediction, Jack Sheppard thought fit to mount a small ladder placed
against the wall, and, springing with the agility of an ape upon a sort of frame,
contrived to sustain short spars and blocks of timber, began to search about for a
piece of wood required in the work on which he was engaged. Ah!
I have it," he added, after a moment's deliberation; "he's there, I'll be sworn. Martha had grumbled at being obliged to report
the matter to Mother Josephine, who had decreed that Melusine must confess to
Father Saint-Simon. . To-night the subtle
suggestiveness of those few daring lines, fascinating in their very simplicity, the
head thrown back, the half-closed eyes—the inner meaning of the great artist
seemed to come to him with a rush.
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