All the turnkeys rose to salute the thief-taker, whose habitually-sullen
countenance looked gloomier than usual. The fascination of the idea of throwing
himself upon his knees and crying out all that was in his heart! As his eyes began
to focus objects, he saw one of her arms extended upon the counterpane, in his
direction, the hand clenched tightly. "
"Sir," said the chief turnkey, indignantly. His physical body was predictably paralyzed with
shyness and fear of rejection, barely soothed with a series
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of blatantly direct requests and compliments. "
"Why what will she say?" inquired Sheppard. A maidservant held the
front door open. He would never recognize me now. Why should you who are queens
come down from your thrones? If you can afford it, WE can’t. If you can imagine it, I survived it. You can think all round me. She remembered abruptly that she was really living upon
his money. But I liked to say it. She was civil, but
she was obviously impatient to know his errand.
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