They
used the rope—not that a rope was at all necessary, but because Ann Veronica’s
exalted state of mind made the fact of the rope agreeably symbolical; and,
anyhow, it did insure a joint death in the event of some remotely possibly
mischance. But this wild scheme was speedily abandoned; and, nerved by despair,
the carpenter resolved to hazard an attempt, from the execution, almost from the
contemplation, of which he had hitherto shrunk. Rain pounded the tin roof,
and waterfalls obscured the pavilion into its own private
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chamber. "It happened, gentlemen," pursued the Master, "on a particular occasion, about
the time I've mentioned, that the Archduke of Alsatia, the Sovereign of the
Savoy, and the Satrap of Salisbury Court, met by accident at the Cross Shovels. Having no more patience, I drew you
aside to give you a compliment on your radiant beauty. However, it
doesn't much signify. "
"From some of your associates?"
"From your uncle, from my uncle,—Sir Rowland Trenchard. You
are necessary to me. I know there’s
a sort of right in your impatience at the slowness of Progress.
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