Each morning his inquiry was properly answered: the
patient was steadily improving, but none could say when he would be strong
enough to proceed upon his journey. It wasn’t
pretty. There was a sharp knocking at the outside door. Her figure was, in some measure, hidden by a large
scarf, and a deep hood drawn over the head contributed to her disguise; still it
was evident, from her lofty bearing, that she had nothing in common, except an
interest in their proceedings, with the crew by whom she was surrounded. "
"Never fear," replied Ben, gravely; "dead or alive I'll pay you, if I lose. Members of the crowd
looked over their shoulders and stared at her through the
smoky haze. ‘On the contrary,’ Gerald argued, frowning. Bring your liveralong?"
"I sometimes wonder if I have any—if it isn't the hole where it was that aches. —What do you know of Thames?—
Where is he?"
"Don't agitate yourself, dearest girl," rejoined the woollen-draper; "or I shall
never be able to commence my relation. They are mine! They were
sent to ‘Alcide’ not to you.
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