. Barbara Philpot (Volume 3): a study of manners and morals (1727 to 1737). rtivelylast night. There was no time to lose, then. Therewas enough here to send many heads a-rolling,without touching my Lord Forfar, who should beheld as a hostage for Barbaras good behaviour. Mr. Crump was about to restore order to theomnium gatherum, when he was conscious of thecreaking of a door, the grating of a key. Thepostern-door! He hurriedly rose, and stumblingover the pallet retired to the sitting-parlour; butnot so quickly as to escape the terror-stricken viewof Charlotte in the entry. The man whose innate
. Barbara Philpot (Volume 3): a study of manners and morals (1727 to 1737). rtivelylast night. There was no time to lose, then. Therewas enough here to send many heads a-rolling,without touching my Lord Forfar, who should beheld as a hostage for Barbaras good behaviour. Mr. Crump was about to restore order to theomnium gatherum, when he was conscious of thecreaking of a door, the grating of a key. Thepostern-door! He hurriedly rose, and stumblingover the pallet retired to the sitting-parlour; butnot so quickly as to escape the terror-stricken viewof Charlotte in the entry. The man whose innatevillainy she had cause to know so well—ferreting THE PLOT RIPENS. 253 in her retreat! Trembling like an aspen she flew toher box. What a ravishing of cherished treasures !The pocket of the tawdry coat was empty, and sheuttered a low wail, as, covering her face with quiver-ing fingers, she sank upon the floor: Am I destined always to bring evil in my wake ?—leprous wretch that I am ! The evil-eye—the evil-eye—evil for her and then for him. Oh, why was Iever born ?.
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