The sounds that reach the ear, and the objects
that meet the eye, are all calculated to awaken a train of sad and serious
contemplation. But he was a thief, a fugitive from justice. The account of the discovery of Sir Rowland's murder filled Winifred with
alarm; but when she learnt what had befallen Thames—how he had been
stricken down by the thief-taker's bludgeon, and left for dead, she uttered a
piercing scream, fainted, and would have fallen, if Jack had not caught her in his
arms. To that,
perhaps, a large part of its satisfyingness was due. "Ali Baba, in a blue-serge coat!… God-forsaken fool!"
CHAPTER XIII
One day Ruth caught the patient's eyes following her about; but there was no
question in the gaze, no interest; so she pretended not to notice. She got out of bed, her eyes still half-closed, and stood
slack jawed. How plainly he could see the patch of garden in the
summer sunshine and the white hollyhocks nodding above the picket fence!
*****
Ruth sat waiting for the half hour, subconsciously. Wood, bursting into tears, "God
bless you!"
Jack extended his hand towards him, and looked anxiously for Thames; but he
was nowhere to be seen.
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