’ ‘Unless it is Captain Roding,’ put in Lucilla Froxfield from the curved back sofa on the other side of the fireplace. ’ ‘And who, may I ask, is Dorothée?’ asked Gerald. ’ ‘Ah, but there’s the little matter of your presence here,’ said Gerald on a note of apology. Why had he kissed her? What had led him into that? Neither love nor passion— utter blankness so far as reducing the act to terms. With his tongue lolling and his flea-bitten stump wagging apologetically, he glanced from face to face to see if there was any forgiveness visible. Even the most sullen and withdrawn were sensitive to the penetrating nastiness of the fog. Wrenched from their holds, the iron palisades in front of the thief-taker's dwelling were used as weapons to burst open the door. But Bess could scarcely summon resolution enough to hazard the experiment; and it was only on Jack's urgent intreaties, and even threats, that she could be prevailed on to trust herself to the frail tenure of the rope he had prepared.
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