You came to me, you wished me to speak to Anna. Having now sealed his letter, Sheppard took a handkerchief, and tying it over
Shotbolt's face, so as completely to conceal the features, clapped his hat upon his
head, and pushed it over his brows. I
came here to beg you not to sign that contract. —Strype's Stow. "
Mrs. His
diminutive hand flew out from behind his back like a
wounded bird. The white veil had fallen to the ground and
Gerald retrieved it for her. The child was now
within reach; and, in another moment, he would have executed his deadly
purpose, if an arm from behind had not felled him to the ground. Without betraying the slightest confusion, or making
a single remark, he quietly resumed his seat. After encountering other dangers, and being twice, compelled to fling himself
flat upon his face to avoid slipping from the wet and slimy pathway, he was at
length about to emerge from the lock, when, to his inexpressible horror, he found
he had lost the child!
All the blood in his veins rushed to his heart, and he shook in every limb as he
made this discovery. In Europe or in America people would have
smiled; but in Singapore—the half-way port of the world—where a human
kaleidoscope tumbles continuously east and west, no one had remarked her. ”
Chapter XV
A MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
Anna looked about her admiringly.
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