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194 BLACK SHEEP.suspicion that Airs. Ireton P. Bembridge was inLondon, but that was the sole point on yvhich hewas correct. Had he known how much his wifekneyv, he yvould have affected adejection of spiritshe was far from feeling, and yvould have disarmedher by greater attention to her during the fewhours of each day yvhich he passed at home.Harriet yvas at a loss to account for his cheerfulness;but strong of mind and heart as she was,she was not altogether free from the yveakness ofcatching at that interpretation of a mystery inwhich there was some relies for her ownpain. Soshe concluded that he had been only passingly,and not deeply,hurt by the coquetry of the w-omanwho hacl attracted him, and that he hacl recoveredfrom the superficial wound, as soon as he becameagain immersed in the schemes which had awaitedhim in London.Ho had toldher littleconcerning these schemes,but she considered this reticence due to her ownwithdrawal from her former active participationin the business of his life, andit was an additionalinducement to her to hope that Routh was taking"the resolution w-hich she desired. When we get
"CRUEL AS THE GRAVE." 195back to London,Iwill think about it," he haclsaid, and she clung to the hope, to the half promisein the words. He was surely settling affairsso as to enable him to avoid the bursting of thestorm. Tlie tacit estrangement between themwould account for his doing this silently; his viletemper, which Harriet thoroughly understood, andnever failed to recognise in action, would accountfor his denying her the relief of knowing his intentions.Many small things in his daily- life,which didnot escape the quickened perception ofhis wife,betokened a state of preparation for somedecided course of action. The time of explanationmust necessarily come; meanwhile, she watched,ancl waited, ancl suffered.How she suffered in every hour of her life!Yet there was a kind of dulness over Harriet too.She recurred little to the past inpoint of feeling;she thought overit, indeed, in aid of the action ofher reasonand her will, but she did not recall ityvith the keenness either of acute grief for itsvanished happiness, such as it had been, or ofremorse and terror for its deep and desperateguilt.The burden of the day was enough now
- 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 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
- Page 192 and 193: 184 BLACK SHEEP.quiry the day befor
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- 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 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
- Page 234 and 235: 226 BLACK SHEEP.becoming costume, a
- Page 236 and 237: 228 BLACK SHEEP."Madam," said the o
- Page 238 and 239: 230 BLACK SHEEP."What, what is it?"
- Page 240 and 241: 232 BLACK SHEEP.All a lie. Look at
- Page 242 and 243: 234 BLACK SHEEP.Mrs. Ireton P. Bemb
- Page 244 and 245: 236 BLACK SHEEP.come up with him. B
- Page 246 and 247: 238 BLACK SHEEP.care not; it might
- Page 248 and 249: 240 BLACK SHEEP.she said, with a su
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194 BLACK SHEEP.suspicion that Airs. Ireton P. Bembridge was inLondon, but that was the sole point on yvhich hewas correct. Had he known how much his wifekneyv, he yvould have affected adejection of spiritshe was far from feeling, and yvould have disarmedher by greater attention to her during the fewhours of each day yvhich he passed at home.Harriet yvas at a loss to account for his cheerfulness;but strong of mind and heart as she was,she was not altogether free from the yveakness ofcatching at that interpretation of a mystery inwhich there was some relies for her ownpain. Soshe concluded that he had been only passingly,and not deeply,hurt by the coquetry of the w-omanwho hacl attracted him, and that he hacl recoveredfrom the superficial wound, as soon as he becameagain immersed in the schemes which had awaitedhim in London.Ho had toldher littleconcerning these schemes,but she considered this reticence due to her ownwithdrawal from her former active participationin the business of his life, andit was an additionalinducement to her to hope that Routh was taking"the resolution w-hich she desired. When we get
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