"You've arrived sooner than I expected, Sir Rowland," observed the thief-taker. ‘I thought as how it couldn’t do no harm, and as it turns out, it done me a bit of good. Was she a fool to wish a person of a disposition altogether not pleasing to marry her? Was it not true that he made a game with her very often? Had he not been extremely interfering from the beginning? And had he not kissed her, just when— Her thoughts skidded to a stop. His voice had changed, the joy had gone out of it; and she understood that something from the past had rolled up to spoil this hour. There was nothing in the pockets of the coat. Oh, I grew fond of you as the years went by. Then her white teeth gleamed, and her excuse for remaining any longer before that little marble table was gone. Aha!" he continued, producing a short silver staff, which he carried constantly about with him, and uttering a terrible imprecation, "I see you're confounded. A door led to the inner room; and it was evident from the peals of merriment, and other noises, that, ever and anon, resounded from within, that this chamber was occupied by the Marquis and his friends.
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