But no; she must step warily. ‘Is it worth it?’ he asked at last. “Remember that the man will
probably die. Besides," added he, opening the shawl in which the infant was wrapped,
and throwing the light of the candle full upon its sickly, but placid features, "it's
sinful to repine while you've a child like this to comfort you. "My head fairly turns round. ‘Well said, my dear. “But I don’t see,” said Ann Veronica, “just how it fits the present situation. He was heartily thankful for it. For aught I know, they may be in the neighbourhood at this moment. "
"I am," replied Jack, without hesitation; for he felt assured from the man's
manner that he might confide in him. When I have traversed the streets a houseless wanderer,
driven with curses from every door where I have solicited alms, and with blows
from every gateway where I have sought shelter,—when I have crept into some
deserted building, and stretched my wearied limbs upon a bulk, in the vain hope
of repose,—or, worse than all, when, frenzied with want, I have yielded to
horrible temptation, and earned a meal in the only way I could earn one,—when
I have felt, at times like these, my heart sink within me, I have drank of this
drink, and have at once forgotten my cares, my poverty, my guilt. “No, Lucy, because Satan does not exist.
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