His invalid wife and her
money had been only the thin thread that held his life together; beaded on that
permanent relation had been an inter-weaving series of other feminine
experiences, disturbing, absorbing, interesting, memorable affairs. Jests are not for seasons like this. Gosse was backing towards the table. Wood's present position, and subsequent proceedings fully
intelligible, it may be necessary to give some notion of the shape and structure of
the platform on which he had taken refuge. “I cannot pretend that I am glad to see you, Lady Ferringhall,” he said quietly. But I don’t care; I haven’t a spark of shame. I couldn't accept anything from you. ’
‘I have English a little,’ the girl offered, her voice shaking as she essayed a
smile and sank into a curtsy. Prison was beastly. "You know what I mean," said the trader, gravely. But he had shown no desire for
information, no curiosity. They would be quite
as entertaining as the histories of Guzman D'Alfarache, Lazarillo de Tormes,
Estevanillo Gonzalez, Meriton Latroon, or any of my favourite rogues,—and far
more instructive. Who invented them?
Nobody knows. “We are, or rather we were, so much alike then
that the portrait of either of us would have done for the other.
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