He was in front of one of
the more imposing of the cafés chantants—opposite, illuminated with a whole
row of lights, was the wonderful poster which had helped to make ‘Alcide’
famous. There's another lad at the gate waiting for him—the same who
was here just now, that Sir Rowland was speaking of, who fastened up the jewelcase for her ladyship. "Whist!" exclaimed Terence; "he elevates his glim. Sheppard's dress—extremely
neat and clean, but simply fashioned, and of the plainest and most unpretending
material,—offered nothing assailable; and her demeanour was so humble, and
her looks so modest, that—if she had been ill-looking—she might, possibly,
have escaped the shafts of malice preparing to be levelled against her. ”
“You could never be that,” he answered, “but you are at least more serious than
usual. Me, I prefer to forget that I have such a father. She thought me—
filthy. She sat very still, and his eyes rested on that ornament for a moment, and then
travelled slowly to her wrist and the soft lines of her forearm. She had been
obliged to spend the night in that fateful bedchamber, the faithful Kimble—who
had foraged at a nearby inn, bringing back a large pie and a jug of porter for his
mistress—guarding the door outside.
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