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176 BLACK SHEEP.not in the least, though never had his recollectionbeen so detailed, so minute, so calm. No,he hated her.She wearied him; she had ceasedto be of any sendee to him; she was a constanttorment to him. So he came back to the ideawith which his reflections hacl commenced, ancl,as he entered on the perusal of the massof papersyvhich awaited his attention in his "chambers" inTokenhouse-yard — for he shared the businessabodeof theinvisible Flinders now — he repeated:" What a relief it would be to get away fromher for ever!"Only a feyv days now, ancl the end must come.He wasabrave manin his evil way,and he madehis calculations coolly, ancl scanned his criminalcombinations without any foolish excess of confidence,butwith well-grounded expectation. Fora little longer it yvould not be difficult to keepon fair terms with Harriet, especially as she hadrenewed her solitary mode of life, and he hadtaken the precaution of pretending to a reviveddevotion to play, since the auspicious occasion onwhich he had wonso largely at Homburg. Thushis absence from home was accounted for;and as
THE FALLING OF THE SWORD.177she had not the slightest suspicion that Mrs.IretonP.Bembridge was in London, hacl never display-edthe least jealousy, except on the one occasionwhen he had shown her the locket, and hadunhesitatingly accepted his explanation of theirsudden return to England, he hacl no reason totrouble himself about her. To sedulously avoidexciting her suspicion ancl jealousy now, and,when the proper time should arrive, to confirmthe one and arouse the other so effectually- bydesertion, infidelity, and insult, as to drive herat once to free herself from him by the aid ofthe law — this washis scheme.It looked well; heknew Harriet, he thought, thoroughly, and hemight safely calculate upon the course she wouldadopt. It was strange, if human inconsistencycan ever be strange, that Stewart Routh, a manof eminently vindictive disposition, entirely forgotto take into account that the woman thus desperatelyinjured might also seek her revenge, whichwould consist in declining to take her own freedomat the price of giving him his.Perhaps if the depths of that dark heart hadbeen sounded, the depths beyond its own con-VOL. III.N
- 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
- Page 142 and 143: 134 BLACK SHEEP.to the area-railing
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- Page 146 and 147: 138 BLACK SHEEP.street in which she
- Page 148 and 149: 140 BLACK SHEEP.grass, and towards
- Page 150 and 151: 142 BLACK SHEEP.of Harriet's suppos
- Page 152 and 153: 144 BLACK SHEEr.appearance with all
- 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
- Page 170 and 171: 162 BLACK SHEEP.Bembridge, and then
- Page 172 and 173: 164 BLACK SHEEP.might almost have j
- Page 174 and 175: 166 BLACK SHEEP.— liness it canno
- Page 176 and 177: 168 BLACK SHEEP.the intensity of hi
- Page 178 and 179: 170 BLACK SHEEP.organisation and as
- Page 180 and 181: 172 BLACK SHEEP.He hacl to remember
- Page 182 and 183: 174 BLACK SHEEP.the purlieus of the
- 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
- Page 192 and 193: 184 BLACK SHEEP.quiry the day befor
- Page 194 and 195: CHAPTERIX."CRUEL AS THE GRAVE.""IDO
- Page 196 and 197: 188 BLACK SHEEP.yvicked, fidelity,
- Page 198 and 199: 190 BLACK SHEEP.alittle. Ithad occu
- 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
- Page 206 and 207: 198 BLACK SHEEP.named in the memora
- Page 208 and 209: 200 BLACK SHEEP.him deaf ancl blind
- Page 210 and 211: 202 BLACK SHEEr." Tliis is my- oppo
- Page 212 and 213: 204 BLACK SHEEP.lessblack eyes shif
- Page 214 and 215: 206 BLACK SHEEP."You are not drunk
- Page 216 and 217: 208 BLACK SHEEP." Now listen to me,
- Page 218 and 219: 210 BLACK SHEEP.Idon't care, indeed
- Page 220 and 221: 212 BLACK SHEEr.article of dress lo
- Page 222 and 223: 214 . BLACK SHEEP.Enoughof the old
- Page 224 and 225: 216 BLACK SHEEP.man as he entered t
- Page 226 and 227: 218 BLACK SHEEP." Well," said Cunni
- Page 228 and 229: 220 BLACK SHEEP.long lain hidden. A
- Page 230 and 231: 222 BLACK SHEEP.It yvas a very comp
- Page 232 and 233: 224 BLACK SHEEP.existence. Routh co
THE FALLING OF THE SWORD.177she had not the slightest suspicion that Mrs.IretonP.Bembridge was in London, hacl never display-edthe least jealousy, except on the one occasionwhen he had shown her the locket, and hadunhesitatingly accepted his explanation of theirsudden return to England, he hacl no reason totrouble himself about her. To sedulously avoidexciting her suspicion ancl jealousy now, and,when the proper time should arrive, to confirmthe one and arouse the other so effectually- bydesertion, infidelity, and insult, as to drive herat once to free herself from him by the aid ofthe law — this washis scheme.It looked well; heknew Harriet, he thought, thoroughly, and hemight safely calculate upon the course she wouldadopt. It was strange, if human inconsistencycan ever be strange, that Stewart Routh, a manof eminently vindictive disposition, entirely forgotto take into account that the woman thus desperatelyinjured might also seek her revenge, whichwould consist in declining to take her own freedomat the price of giving him his.Perhaps if the depths of that dark heart hadbeen sounded, the depths beyond its own con-VOL. III.N
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