Chapter XXIV
A CASE FOR THE POLICE
After that first horrible moment it was perhaps Anna who was the more selfpossessed. Squads reached to the very portal of that centre of
disturbance. “What’s the
objection?”
“I suppose she ought to know?” said Gwen to her mother, trying to alter the
key of the conversation. ”
“Much better,” she agreed. It pained Lucy to
see Mike eating so sparely. " But the doctor softened the refusal by smiling. Couple of guineas to drink Captain Sheppard's speedy
escape. “Very,” and cracked a walnut appreciatively. Kneebone was attired in the extremity of the mode. 'He's a good fellow, and 'twill all end well'. W," said Mr. 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.
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