He is extremely old—forty at least—and he has a belly excessively fat. One morning he caught her hand suddenly and kissed it. Wood, who had been absent on business during the greater part of the day, returned (perhaps not altogether undesignedly) at an earlier hour than was expected, to his dwelling in Wych Street, Drury Lane; and was about to enter his workshop, when, not hearing any sound of labour issue from within, he began to suspect that an apprentice, of whose habits of industry he entertained some doubt, was neglecting his employment. He had drawn a horrid picture of the fate that awaited mademoiselle when once the populace discovered her relationship to the Valade family. So he made merry at the dinner table, told comic stories, and was astonished at the readiness with which she grasped the comic side of life. Living’s just material. The affair was thick with sinister suggestions. The resemblance was amazing! And some man—he was good-looking—was in the background. Never any doubt of it. Well, if she survives the accident—as the blood, who styles himself Sir Cecil, fancies she may do—this ring will make my fortune by leading to the discovery of the chief parties concerned in this strange affair. “You are very kind,” she said hesitatingly, “but I don’t remember—I don’t think that I know you, do I?” “I am afraid that you do not,” he admitted, with a smile which he meant to be encouraging. John picked it up and put it in her hands. ” He made a step toward her. It came to her like a dear thing rediscovered, that she loved Capes.
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