Now, as she stared at the image of her own face, she
recalled something Major Alderley had said. " The Wastrel tried to reach
Ruth's lips. ‘You know about that?’
‘It was the only possible deduction. When she confessed all
this to her charge, telling the now grown up babe that there was no hope in the
world of establishing any claim, she very soon discovered her mistake. "
"Well, Jack," said Jonathan, who had looked at him with surprise not unmixed
with admiration, "you are a bold and clever fellow, I must allow. What was his problem,
she thought to herself. At least I rather hoped I
might spend my time chasing smugglers, which would have afforded some
excitement. ‘Danged if I ever hear the like,’ he repeated
blankly. ToC
Jonathan, meanwhile, having ascertained the parentage of the child from Wood,
proceeded to question him in an under tone, as to the probable motives of the
attempt upon its life; and, though he failed in obtaining any information on this
point, he had little difficulty in eliciting such particulars of the mysterious
transaction as have already been recounted. No sterner head was ever beheld beneath the
cowl of a monk, or the bonnet of an inquisitor. "I feel guilty, going away and leaving that ignorant child; but our days have been
so planned that we dare not change the schedule. Sometimes I take innocent lives. . "
"Who are they?" inquired Sheppard. Stanley, whose family had been by any reckoning
inconsiderable—to use the kindliest term.
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