“But, how,” he said, sitting up astonished beyond measure, “not go on?” “I have been thinking while you have been talking. Lady Ferringhall listened, and her cheeks grew pale. A man’s children nowadays are not his own. He did not want Ruth to see his own stricken countenance; nor did he care to see hers, ravaged by tears. It was his belief that the French had enough troubles of their own in these difficult times without bothering to nose out British business. Moreoever, it had cost her a whipping and several days’ imprisonment in her cell on bread and water. She began to want to lay her head down on his chest but absolutely denied herself. Presently he became filled with astonishment over the singular fact that Ruth was eluding him in fancy as well as in reality. "It's not an offer," continued he, "that I'm likely to make, or you're likely to receive every day in the year. The lad looked alarmed.
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