"Arrest!" vociferated Wood. To be sure, Ruth had dimly been aware of this; but now for
the first time she was made painfully conscious of it. Then she realized that it was her
business to let Manning talk and impose his own interpretations upon the
situation so far as he was concerned. You must, know, Sir
Rowland—for I've no secrets from you—that, in the course of my business I've
found it convenient to become the owner of a small Dutch sloop; by means of
which I can transmit any light ware,—such as gold watches, rings, and plate, as
well as occasionally a bank or goldsmith's note, which has been spoken with by
way of the mail,—you understand me?—to Holland or Flanders, and obtain a
secure and ready market for them. But such is the perversity of the human that frequently thereafter he purposely
crooked the part in his hair, to give her the excuse to fetch the comb. “You see, dear, one IS passionately anxious for something—what is it? One
wants to be CLEAN. "
"You want another drubbing, I perceive," said Thames, frowning. “Permit me to offer you the English paper which has just arrived, Sir John,” he
said, holding out a Daily Telegraph. "
"Why, that must be about the time of the Great Storm," rejoined Jackson. "
"Do not needlessly alarm me, I beseech you," replied Winifred. "
After making several ineffectual attempts to keep himself above water, Sir
Rowland sunk, and his groans, which had become gradually fainter and fainter,
were heard no more. Winifred pointed to the door.
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