" "Marriage and hanging go by destiny," observed Wood, after a pause; "but I trust your child is reserved for a better fate than either, Mrs. Sheppard, attend to what I'm about to say to you. At the sight of her he became rigid and a singularly bright shade of pink. ‘And I don’t mind telling you it goes agin’ the grain with me to let you go free and all, missie. She mounted the stairs of the theatrical agent’s office with very much less than her usual buoyancy, nor did she find much encouragement in the general appearance of the room into which she was shown. There sat Jack, evidently in the last stage of intoxication, with his collar opened, his dress disarranged, a pipe in his mouth, a bowl of punch and a halfemptied rummer before him,—there he sat, receiving and returning, or rather attempting to return,—for he was almost past consciousness,—the blandishments of a couple of females, one of whom had passed her arm round his neck, while the other leaned over the back of his chair and appeared from her gestures to be whispering soft nonsense into his ear. “Hey,” he said, his eyes slowly adjusting to the soft blackness. “But a boy—a boy goes out into the world and presently stands on his own feet. Mr. Breakfast, too, was an impossible occasion. " With this, they dismounted; and fastening their horses to a tree, proceeded towards the house. He stood transfixed.
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