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170 BLACK SHEEP.organisation and associations are not of the brutalkind, when temper, circumstances, or suddentemptation have impelled them to deeds of cruelty;he had hated Deane toomuch for that. Heneverthought of the crime he hacl committed withoutdwelling on the conduct yvhich had made him resolveupon it. How the manhad played yvith hisnecessities, hacl tricked him with compromisingconfidences, hacl duped him with false promises,hacl led him to the very- brink of the abyss, anclthere had struggled v\ith him — yvith him,a desperateman! Fool — fool!one must go over thebrink, then;ancl who should it be but the weaker?who should hold his ground but the stronger —but he yvho had everything to gain?He thoughtover all those things again to-day, methodically,arranging the circumstances as they had occurredin his mind.He recalled the hours of suspensethrough yvhich he had lived on that day whenDeane had promised tobring himasum of money,representinghis own interest in the mining company,yvhich sum was to secure to Routh the positionhe hacl striven hard to attain, and rescue himfrom the consequences of a fraudulent transfer of
THE FALLING OF THE SWORD.171shares which he had already effected. It hadcome to a question of hours, and the impatienceand suspensehad almost worn out Routh's strongnerves, almost deprived him of his self-command.How well he remembered it;how he lived throughall that time again! It had never been so vivid inhis remembrance, with all the vitality of hate andanger, often as he had thought of it, as it wasto-day.The heartless trifling, the petty insolence ofthe rich rascal, who little guessed the strengthand resolution,the daring and desperation, of thegreater, if worse, villain, came back as freshly toSteyvart Routh's vindictive memoiy as if he hadnot had his ghastly revenge ancl his miserabletriumph months ago, as if he had suffered andwinced under them but yesterday. And that yesterday!What a glorious day in his fife it hadbeen! Presently he yvould think about that, anclnothing but that; but noyv he must pursue histask of memory to the end.own master in this.For he yvas not hisOnce set to thinking of it,to living it all over again, he had no power toabridge the history.
- Page 128 and 129: 120 BLACK SHEEP.rible conviction of
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- Page 132 and 133: 124 BLACK SHEEP.change which her ne
- Page 134 and 135: 126 BLACK SHEEP.tions of maternal c
- Page 136 and 137: 128 BLACK SHEEr.ing, and then, when
- Page 138 and 139: 130 BLACK SHEEP."I am sure it has b
- Page 140 and 141: 132 BLACK SHEEP.think of me?Idare s
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- Page 150 and 151: 142 BLACK SHEEP.of Harriet's suppos
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- Page 154 and 155: 146 BLACK SHEEr.monised yvith the t
- Page 156 and 157: 148 BLACK SHEEP.in reality — went
- Page 158 and 159: 150 BLACK SHEEP.Jim of late, odd jo
- Page 160 and 161: 152 BLACK SHEEP.Jim Swain engaged i
- Page 162 and 163: 154 BLACK SHEEP.tents with a still
- Page 164 and 165: 156 BLACK SHEEP.yvas goingto do. Fo
- Page 166 and 167: 158 BLACK SHEEP.per circles, as can
- Page 168 and 169: 160 BLACK SHEEP.made her a sufficie
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- Page 172 and 173: 164 BLACK SHEEP.might almost have j
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- Page 176 and 177: 168 BLACK SHEEP.the intensity of hi
- Page 180 and 181: 172 BLACK SHEEP.He hacl to remember
- Page 182 and 183: 174 BLACK SHEEP.the purlieus of the
- Page 184 and 185: 176 BLACK SHEEP.not in the least, t
- Page 186 and 187: 178 BLACK SHEEP.sciousness — the
- Page 188 and 189: 180 BLACK SHEEP.try the beer in a c
- Page 190 and 191: 182 BLACK SHEEP."I'm gladIsee'd tha
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- Page 196 and 197: 188 BLACK SHEEP.yvicked, fidelity,
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- Page 200 and 201: 192 BLACK SHEEP.succeed; then the d
- Page 202 and 203: 194 BLACK SHEEP.suspicion that Airs
- Page 204 and 205: 196 BLACK SHEEP.for this woman, who
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- Page 208 and 209: 200 BLACK SHEEP.him deaf ancl blind
- Page 210 and 211: 202 BLACK SHEEr." Tliis is my- oppo
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- Page 216 and 217: 208 BLACK SHEEP." Now listen to me,
- Page 218 and 219: 210 BLACK SHEEP.Idon't care, indeed
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THE FALLING OF THE SWORD.171shares which he had already effected. It hadcome to a question of hours, and the impatienceand suspensehad almost worn out Routh's strongnerves, almost deprived him of his self-command.How well he remembered it;how he lived throughall that time again! It had never been so vivid inhis remembrance, with all the vitality of hate andanger, often as he had thought of it, as it wasto-day.<strong>The</strong> heartless trifling, the petty insolence ofthe rich rascal, who little guessed the strengthand resolution,the daring and desperation, of thegreater, if worse, villain, came back as freshly toSteyvart Routh's vindictive memoiy as if he hadnot had his ghastly revenge ancl his miserabletriumph months ago, as if he had suffered andwinced under them but yesterday. And that yesterday!What a glorious day in his fife it hadbeen! Presently he yvould think about that, anclnothing but that; but noyv he must pursue histask of memory to the end.own master in this.For he yvas not hisOnce set to thinking of it,to living it all over again, he had no power toabridge the history.
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