She tried
gentle words with him, beguiling perfumes, even slipped
aphrodisiac tisanes into his soup. At the first glance, he imagined he must have stumbled upon a museum of
rarities, there were so many glass-cases, so many open cabinets, ranged against
the walls; but the next convinced him that if Jonathan was a virtuoso, his tastes
did not run in the ordinary channels. People always rejoice at the
misfortunes of others—never at their own! The droll dogs! how they must have
enjoyed it!—ha! ha!"
"I dare say they did. Here," he added, throwing a handbill on the bed, "are
the particulars of the burglary, with the reward for Jack's apprehension. And yet, often when alone, he wondered: had McClintock been wrong, or
had she ceased to care in that way? The possibility that she no longer cared
should have filled him with unalloyed happiness, whereas it depressed him, cut
the natural vanity of youth into shreds and tatters. “Your name, I believe, is——”
“Pellissier,” Anna answered. "
"Pray, let me have a pinch!" said Edgeworth Bess, with a captivating glance. ’
‘How shocking,’ Gerald returned, grinning. Jack's former attempt to pass up the chimney, it may be remembered, was
obstructed by an iron bar. I’ve
already been accepted to a couple of schools out east. “I shan’t eat him. A
few short, dark locks, escaping from beneath her head-dress, showed that her
hair had been removed, and had only been recently allowed to grow again.
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