"I'd
rather have given a thousand pounds than this had happened. ’
‘But, no,’ She dimpled. For a few
days he was able to relegate his conscience to the background. The girl,
with a little moan, crossed the room and threw open the window. ”
“I don’t want absolution. And two other ladies. ”
Anna’s eyes opened a little wider, but she said nothing. Divers plans and figures were chalked
upon the walls; and the spaces between them were filled up with an almanack for
the year; a godly ballad, adorned with a rude wood-cut, purporting to be "The
History of Chaste Susannah;" an old print of the Seven Golden Candlesticks; an
abstract of the various Acts of Parliament against drinking, swearing, and all
manner of profaneness; and a view of the interior of Doctor Daniel Burgess's
Presbyterian meeting-house in Russell Court, with portraits of the reverend
gentleman and the principal members of his flock. If and
when Ray was ever found, she would be long gone and
they would be unable to explain what had happened to
him. She did this to please him. He
was almost paralyzed with nervousness and desire. She spent the morning up to ten in
writing a series of unsuccessful letters to Ramage, which she tore up unfinished;
and finally she desisted and put on her jacket and went out into the lamp-lit
obscurity and slimy streets.
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