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198 BLACK SHEEP.named in the memorandum of yvhich George hadsent her a copy, yvere simply shares in companiesyvith everyone of which Stewart Routh yvas connected.Only George's ignorance of such mattershad prevented his recognising the meaning of thememorandum.Ancl now Harriet rose;ancl as shepaced theroom, the colour came back to her cheek, thelight came back to her eyes. A new life andfresh energy seemed to spring up within her, anclshe grasped George's letter in her hand, andstruck it against her bosom with an action of thehand and a responsive movement of the breastwhich was almost triumphant. This thing whichshe had clone, which had looked like ruin, wouldbe her wayof escape.Routh's refusal to return home immediatelyannoyed, puzzled, and disheartened her. Whyyvas he so hard to move, so difficult to convince,so insensible to clanger ?His plea was business;if this business yvas what she hoped ancl believedit to be, that ofpreparation, he should have comehome to learn the new and urgent need for itsexpedition. Why was he so hard to her ? Why
';CRUEL AS IHE GRAVE." 199had he no thought for her wishes, no compassionon her suspense? Harriet could not but ask herselfthat, though she strove against the deadlysufferingthe answer brought her.Thus the time wore on drearily, until Harrietcarelessly took from the table the shp of paperyvhich contained a yvhole revelation for her.Of the hours which succeeded she could nothave given an account herself. How the fury ofjealousy, of love betrayed, of faith violated, wasreawakened yvithin her, and inflamed to thewildest and most desperate pitch;how she writhedunder the shame and the scorn which her husband'sbaseness forced her to feel. She had hadprofoundest pity, readiest help for the criminal;but for this pitiful, cowardly, cruel liar nothingbut contempt — nothing! Ah, yes, somethingmore, and that made it all the harder — contemptand love.The yvoman was here, then — here, in London,on the spot to ruin him, lured hither by him.His false heart planned; his guilty hands dugthe pit into wliich he was to fall;and now hisfeet were close upon the brink. This rendered
- 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
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- 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
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- 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
- 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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';CRUEL AS IHE GRAVE." 199had he no thought for her wishes, no compassionon her suspense? Harriet could not but ask herselfthat, though she strove against the deadlysufferingthe answer brought her.Thus the time wore on drearily, until Harrietcarelessly took from the table the shp of paperyvhich contained a yvhole revelation for her.Of the hours which succeeded she could nothave given an account herself. How the fury ofjealousy, of love betrayed, of faith violated, wasreawakened yvithin her, and inflamed to thewildest and most desperate pitch;how she writhedunder the shame and the scorn which her husband'sbaseness forced her to feel. She had hadprofoundest pity, readiest help for the criminal;but for this pitiful, cowardly, cruel liar nothingbut contempt — nothing! Ah, yes, somethingmore, and that made it all the harder — contemptand love.<strong>The</strong> yvoman was here, then — here, in London,on the spot to ruin him, lured hither by him.His false heart planned; his guilty hands dugthe pit into wliich he was to fall;and now hisfeet were close upon the brink. This rendered
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