" And, followed by the young couple, who gazed wistfully at the poor sufferer, he hastily quitted the room, and locked the door after him. He blushed furiously; it was not what he had expected to hear. ” Miss Ellicot swept aside her skirts from the vacant chair and welcomed the newcomer with one of her most engaging smiles. I am so much obliged to you for your projected benevolence. To—to find myself. The whole place and everything in it aimed at one thing—to illustrate, to elaborate, to criticise and illuminate, and make ever plainer and plainer the significance of animal and vegetable structure. Gracious, there’s the gong. One or the other. Manning displayed distress. He was a little embarrassed. This getting up at dawn—real dawn—and working until seven was a distinct novelty. A ragged gray moustache drooped from the corners of his mouth and a ragged wisp of whisker hung from his chin. Descending the hollow, or rather excavation,—for it was an old disused clay-pit, at the bottom of which the cottage was situated,—he speedily succeeded in arousing the ancient sibyl, and having committed Edgeworth Bess to her care, with a promise of an abundant reward in case she watched diligently over her safety, and attended to her comforts till his return,—to all which Black Mary readily agreed,—he departed with a heart lightened of half its load. She colored faintly. Slowly descending Snow Hill, the train passed on its way, attended by the same stunning vociferations, cheers, yells, and outcries, which had accompanied it on starting from Newgate.
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