"
"And with some justice," replied Thornhill, drily. She throws a sort of spell over us all. "I expect a very extraordinary person to supper, Rachel," he remarked. And even she was forced to admit to herself that this last resource of hers was a
slender reed on which to lean. Indeed, a note of weeping broke
her voice for a moment as she burst out, “You know as well as I do that money
was a loan!”
“Loan!”
“You yourself called it a loan!”
“Euphuism. “May I enquire,” he asked smoothly, “in what way my appearance contributes to
your amusement? If there is a joke I should like to share it. We'll then remove them both to the Middle Stone Hold, where a watch
shall be kept over them night and day till they're taken to Tyburn. Everywhere I went and rapped at a door I found
behind it another dreadful dingy woman—another fallen queen, I suppose—
dingier than the last, dirty, you know, in grain. The thing is done. I did not reckon upon—him. Well, I'd no idea," she continued, pursuing her ruminations as she left the room,
"that people of quality laughed so. He had little money about him, and unless friends come to his aid
he must be treated as a pauper. Sorry to be so nosy. "Lend a hand with the ruffles, Blueskin!" he shouted, as that personage, who had
just recovered from the stunning effects of the blow, contrived to pick himself
up.
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