All that he had sown that afternoon with such infinite care was as nothing compared to this seed, cast without forethought. She had been married four times: three of her husbands died of hempen fevers; and the fourth, having been twice condemned, was saved from the noose by Jonathan Wild, who not only managed to bring him off, but to obtain for him the situation of under-turnkey in Newgate. He stalked her, he stared at her, he craved her, he sidled slinking and propitiatory and yet relentlessly toward her, until at last she awoke from the suffocating nightmare nearness of his approach, and lay awake in fear and horror listening to the unaccustomed sounds of the hotel. “Why not? Isn’t the whole thing a lie? Isn’t her reputation, this husband of hers, the ‘Alcide’ business, isn’t it all a cursed juggle? She hasn’t the right to do it. The little girl uttered no remonstrance; but, replacing the flowers in the basket, burst into tears, and withdrew. An ancient smile lay on his lips. "Any price was better than your head. Depend upon it, there is a place for you—waiting. I shall lose my fees and the laced coat. “Come, we must go home and have some luncheon. Here again the clothes were minus the labels. “I loathe afternoon concerts, and——” She was really like her sister he thought, impressed for a moment by the soft brilliancy of her smile.
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