"
"And I trust you will never have occasion to weep again, my poor soul," replied
Wood, setting down his lantern, and brushing a few drops from his eyes, "unless
it be tears of joy. He suggested they take
the remains of the household to his country estate, where
he could at least hunt through the winter to provide them
venison and grouse. These cogitations were
interrupted by the entrance of the doctor. That is quite as far as I
mean to tempt Providence to-night. The whole force of the
constables, jailers and others was required to keep the crowd out of the Hall. So I come suppliant. Both had dropped the rather elaborate politeness of the
dining-room, and in their faces an impartial observer would have discovered
little lines of obstinate wilfulness in common; a certain hardness—sharp, indeed,
in the father and softly rounded in the daughter—but hardness nevertheless, that
made every compromise a bargain and every charity a discount. Wood's at Dollis Hill, wholly unsuspicious of any designs against him, and, in
fact, entirely ignorant of your being acquainted with his return, or even of his
existence.
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