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54 BLACK SHEEr." Indeed," saidMr. Felton;" that is very unfortunate.Wasit not in your book, then ?""I wore it in a locket," said the lady, witha very slight accession to the rich colour in hercheek — " a valuable gold locket, too.Iam goingto have it cried.""Allow me to have that clone for you," said"Mr. Felton. If you yvill describe the locket,and can say where you were yesterday, and atwhat time,Iwill take the necessary steps atonce; these may not succeed, you know; we canbut try."SoMrs.Bembridge described the lost trinketaccurately, and the visit came to a conclusion.As the two gentlemen were leaving the house,they met Mr.Carruthers, who accosted Mr. Feltonwith statelykindliness, and, entering at onceinto conversation with him, prevented the interchangeof any comment upon the interview whichhad just taken place between the uncle and nephew.George left the elder gentlemen together,and turned his steps towards Harriet's lodgings.In a few minutes he met her and joined her inher walk, as Routh had seen from the window-.
DURING THE LULL.55He stood there, long after George and Harriethad passed out of sight, thinking, with sullendesperate rage, of all she had said. He felt likean animal in a trap. All his care and cunning,all his caution and success, had come to this.It was strange, perhaps — if the probability or thestrangeness of anything in such a condition ofmind as his can be defined — that he seldomthought of the dead man.No curiosity abouthim had troubled the triumphof Routh's schemes.He had met so many men in the course of hislife who were mere waifs and strays in the yvorldof pleasure and swindling, who had no ties andno history; about whom nobody- cared; for whom,on their disappearance from the haunts in whichtheir presencehad been familiar, nobody inquired,that onemore such instance,however emphasisedby his own sinister connection yvith him, madehttle impression on Stewart Routh. Lookingback now in the light of this revelation,he couldnot disco\-er that any intimation had ever beenafforded to, or had ever been overlooked by him.The dead manhad never dropped ahint by yvhichhis identity might have been discovered, nor had
- Page 13 and 14: RECOGNITION.5is not as fond of me a
- Page 15 and 16: RECOGNITION. 7fought this false and
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- Page 19 and 20: RECOGNITION.11not conscious of the
- Page 21 and 22: RECOGNITION. 13cursed his own impru
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- Page 25 and 26: RECOGNITION. 17side of the broad sh
- Page 27 and 28: RECOGNITION.19if you care for that
- Page 29 and 30: RECOGNITION.21men nor women dare to
- Page 31 and 32: " What a degenerate German !" said
- Page 33 and 34: RECOGNITION.25saidMrs.Ireton P. Bem
- Page 35 and 36: A FIRST APPEAL. 27impaired her facu
- Page 37 and 38: A FIRST APPEAL. 29"This cursed thin
- Page 39 and 40: A FIRST APPEAL.31pressing her templ
- Page 41: A FIRST APPEAL. 33Stewart," said Ha
- Page 44 and 45: 36 BLACK SHEEP." Iwill," she said,
- Page 46 and 47: 38 BLACK SHEEP." But how can he dis
- Page 48 and 49: 40 BLACK SHEEP." There are not many
- Page 50 and 51: 42 BLACK SHEEP.in yours — in mine
- Page 52 and 53: 44 BLACK SHEEP.thing,Ican tell you.
- Page 54 and 55: 46 BLACK SHEEP.ask me anything now.
- Page 56 and 57: 48 BLACK SHEEP.man of stronger will
- Page 58 and 59: 50 BLACK SHEEP.you, she knows all a
- Page 60 and 61: 52 BLACK SHEEP.accompany beauty, we
- Page 64 and 65: 56 BLACK SHEEP.he, on the other han
- Page 66 and 67: 58 BLACK SHEEP.cruelty of coquetry
- Page 68 and 69: 60 BLACK SHEEP.yvith him just enoug
- Page 70 and 71: 62 BLACK SHEEP.him well enough to s
- Page 72 and 73: 64 BLACK SHEEP.sign which his capto
- Page 74 and 75: 66 BLACK SHEEP." Iam happy to hear
- Page 76 and 77: 68 BLACK SHEEP.ever, yvith hope, yv
- Page 78 and 79: 70 BLACK SHEEP.coming light and eas
- Page 80 and 81: 72 BLACK SHEEP.bleyv and raged over
- Page 82 and 83: 74 BLACK SHEEP.How dreary the place
- Page 84 and 85: 76 BLACK SHEEP.he sawa man standing
- Page 86 and 87: 78 BLACK SHEEP.Rich purple amethyst
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- Page 90 and 91: 82 BLACK SHEEP.told you so," he con
- Page 92 and 93: 84 BLACK SHEEP.what is itthat you m
- Page 94 and 95: 86 BLACK SHEEP.will never swerve or
- Page 96 and 97: 88 BLACK SHEEP.as soon as he releas
- Page 98 and 99: 90 BLACK SHEEP.manner, his look yva
- Page 100 and 101: 92 BLACK SHEEP.merous progeny of a
- Page 102 and 103: 94 BLACK SHEEP.and pointing to some
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- Page 106 and 107: 98 BLACK SHEEP.technical sense that
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54 BLACK SHEEr." Indeed," saidMr. Felton;" that is very unfortunate.Wasit not in your book, then ?""I wore it in a locket," said the lady, witha very slight accession to the rich colour in hercheek — " a valuable gold locket, too.Iam goingto have it cried.""Allow me to have that clone for you," said"Mr. Felton. If you yvill describe the locket,and can say where you were yesterday, and atwhat time,Iwill take the necessary steps atonce; these may not succeed, you know; we canbut try."SoMrs.Bembridge described the lost trinketaccurately, and the visit came to a conclusion.As the two gentlemen were leaving the house,they met Mr.Carruthers, who accosted Mr. Feltonwith statelykindliness, and, entering at onceinto conversation with him, prevented the interchangeof any comment upon the interview whichhad just taken place between the uncle and nephew.George left the elder gentlemen together,and turned his steps towards Harriet's lodgings.In a few minutes he met her and joined her inher walk, as Routh had seen from the window-.
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