The Argosy . Valdemosa. for granted that he is her husband, but on further consideration thereis a distinct resemblance between them. It may be that they arebrother and sister, and that the old woman, like Mrs. Gummidge, isa lone lorn creeter. The more I think of it the more I am inclinedto this view of the matter. I must try and find this out before weleave, though it is not of vital importance one way or the other. The old mans face was lighted to ghastly hideousness by a lampplaced close to him. A broken bit of looking-glass was lodged 378 Letters from Majorca, uprightly against a jug, and
The Argosy . Valdemosa. for granted that he is her husband, but on further consideration thereis a distinct resemblance between them. It may be that they arebrother and sister, and that the old woman, like Mrs. Gummidge, isa lone lorn creeter. The more I think of it the more I am inclinedto this view of the matter. I must try and find this out before weleave, though it is not of vital importance one way or the other. The old mans face was lighted to ghastly hideousness by a lampplaced close to him. A broken bit of looking-glass was lodged 378 Letters from Majorca, uprightly against a jug, and in this he regarded himself with compla-cent admiration. I cannot say that he inspired me with any similarfeeling, and I gradually managed to get my back towards him. Altogether, we were a merry party; and, as the Vicar of Wakefieldsays, what we wanted in wit we made up in noise. Not that we wereuproarious by any means. And as far as I am concerned, whennoise begins, it deprives me of what httle wit I might o
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