A wooden balcony in one of the adjoining houses
was thronged with ladies, all of whom appeared to take a lively interest in the
scene, and to be full of commiseration for the criminal, not, perhaps, unmixed
with admiration of his appearance. ‘Unheard of, ain’t
it? To tell the truth, I half expected him to leave everything to one of his doxies. This formidable person, who was no other than the renowned Figg,
the "Atlas of the sword," as he is termed by Captain Godfrey, had removed his
hat and "skull covering," and was wiping the heat from his bepatched and closeshaven pate. Altogether, it was
a hideous and revolting sight. Single pearls—
Lord knows where they come from!—are always turning up, some of them of
fine lustre; but I never set eyes on them. That was what she was trying to make him understand. You cannot do a murder and
expect that you will not be punished. The only part of his
otherwise-interesting countenance, to which one could decidedly object, was the
mouth; a feature that, more than any other, is conceived to betray the animal
propensities of the possessor. But about dat jonker," he continued, lowering his voice; "have you
anything to add consarnin' him? It's almosht a pity to put him onder de water. Ruth
could tell the doctor; she could bare many of her innermost thoughts to that
kindly man; but there was an inexplicable reserve before this young man whom
she still endued with the melancholy charm of Sydney Carton. Already she had sent him twenty pounds, and never written to explain to him
why it was she had not sent it back sharply directly he returned it. ‘Idiot!’
‘Enough, now! Softly, you little termagant,’ he ordered, seizing her wrists to
hold her off.
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