Marina had retired to bed, drinking wine
slowly, sleeping when she was not drinking. "
"Never fear," replied Ben, gravely; "dead or alive I'll pay you, if I lose. "
"Wait a bit, massa," replied the grinning negro,—"lilly bit—see all right fust. ’
Gerald moved to the long sofa, dusted it with elaborate care with one of its
cushions, and with a gesture invited her to sit down. Wood, now more buxom and more gorgeously arrayed
than ever,—as well as a young and beautiful female, in whom he was at no loss
to recognise the carpenter's daughter. ‘Civilian peace-keeping
forces, you know. Ruth's gaze wandered from the printed
page. And think things out. In vain he fondly urged his suit,
And, all in vain, the question put;
She answered,—"Mr. Wood cut him short by stating his intention of crossing the river as soon as
possible in order to avoid the storm. She felt his whole
mind sounding in ecstasy. Not many years ago, two men, employed on this duty, quarrelled
during the night, and in the morning their bodies were found stretched upon the
pavement of the yard beneath. His gangling body was clothed in rusty twill trousers and a long black
seersucker coat, buttoned to the throat, around which ran a collar which would
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