Messengers were despatched to all the constables and head-boroughs to be in
attendance,—to the sheriffs to have an extraordinary number of their officers in
attendance,—and to the Savoy, to obtain the escort of a troop of grenadierguards. The day before this examination was appointed to take place—the third of the
prisoner's detention—an old man, respectably dressed, requested permission to
see him. ‘I think,’ he said pleasantly, ‘that it would be as well if you, Hilary, were to go
and fetch the troops. ’
Melusine found her tongue. "See how glad he is!"
His irony and displeasure subsided. ”
“I know. Part 3
She dismissed the first hotels she passed, she scarcely knew why, mainly
perhaps from the mere dread of entering them, and crossed Waterloo Bridge at a
leisurely pace. A thin mist lay on the river, giving the few craft moving about in it a ghostly
look. ‘Seen her again, have you? Well, if she’s been giving
you as much saucy impudence as I’ve had to contend with, I can only say I’m
glad of it. ”
“For what?” Lucy asked. The joy of being loved
thrilled her as nothing before had ever done, a curious abstract joy which had
nothing in it at that moment of regret or even pity. I can esteem him, regard him; but, love him as he
ought to be loved—that I cannot do.
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