The oaken beam, nine inches in
thickness, was now the sole but most formidable obstacle to his flight. Arrived at the extremity of the building,
he found that it overlooked the flat-roof of a house which, as far as he could
judge in the darkness, lay at a depth of about twenty feet below. Ah
Cum halted the caravan and indicated that they might step within and watch. McClintock's was a plantation of ten thousand palms, yielding him annually
about half a million nuts. “My sister,” she murmured, “is so independent. ‘No need to shake in your boots,’ Gerald said soothingly. " He shifted the pages together, rolled and thrust them under her
arm. ‘As for what to do, I wonder if
young Charvill would be worth a visit. . “If my own mother was alive,” sobbed Ann Veronica, “she would
understand. Her heart's in the right
place, at all events; and, since that's the case, the rest may perhaps come round,
—that is, if she gets through her present illness. Wood," said she, in the deep, hoarse accents of
consumption; "and may God Almighty bless and reward you for your kindness!
You were always the best of masters to my poor husband; and now you've
proved the best of friends to his widow and orphan boy. “Then—then
we can talk things out. "
CHAPTER XXV. It had rained during the night, and the patch-work
pavement was greasy with mud.
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