Spurling. ’
She was about to develop this theme, when Jack’s gaze became fixed, and his
expression changed. Why should she trouble herself over that young fool, who was
nothing to her; who, when he eventually sobered up, would not be able to
recognize her, or if he did, as something phantasmagorical?
Perhaps he should not apply the term "fool"; "unfortunate" might be the more
accurate application. “I think I can tell you something
which may be very good news for you presently. She felt he was
going to say something more—something still more personal and intimate. . “Well——”
She stopped short. Would there be enough in the
young man's envelope to pay the doctor and the hotel bill—and in the event of
his death, enough to ship the body home? So all things pointed to the happy
circumstance of setting this young fool upon his feet again, of seeing him hence
upon his journey. What was the fellow doing in this part
of the town? Had not Lady Bicknacre said he was living at Paddington?
The Frenchman, booted and neat in buckskin breeches and a plain frockcoat, a
flat-brimmed hat on his head, paused a moment at an intersection with one of the
roads leading north, apparently seeking a street sign. "
"Do not talk thus, dear mother," returned Jack, gazing anxiously at her pale
countenance, "or I shall not be able to quit you. There is something that inspires a feeling of inexpressible melancholy in sailing
on a dark night upon the Thames. ”
Anna’s eyes opened a little wider, but she said nothing.
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