There’s the
internal factor as well as the external. The ripple of the water against the boat, as its keel cleaves
through the stream—the darkling current hurrying by—the indistinctly-seen
craft, of all forms and all sizes, hovering around, and making their way in ghostlike silence, or warning each other of their approach by cries, that, heard from
afar, have something doleful in their note—the solemn shadows cast by the
bridges—the deeper gloom of the echoing arches—the lights glimmering from
the banks—the red reflection thrown upon the waves by a fire kindled on some
stationary barge—the tall and fantastic shapes of the houses, as discerned
through the obscurity;—these, and other sights and sounds of the same character,
give a sombre colour to the thoughts of one who may choose to indulge in
meditation at such a time and in such a place. Up to dinner yesterday I did not expect to come to Canton. No
sooner had Trenchard crossed the threshold than a fierce barking was heard at
the farther extremity of the passage, and, the next moment, a couple of mastiffs
of the largest size rushed furiously towards him. ‘It was a good chance for a new life,’ Joan explained, venturing to face
Melusine again, ‘and Martha took it. ‘And how is it that you have acquired this garb of a religieuse?’ he asked as
she fitted the veil over her head. In this hour its
colossal selfishness never occurred to him. "Ah! now we come to business," returned Jonathan, rubbing his hands, gleefully.
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