In stature, he was short and stumpy; in person, corpulent; and in countenance, sleek, snub-nosed, and demure. I spent my fair share of time in the closet. Why? While the front of his mind was busy warning her not to fall into the hopeless miseries of underpaid teaching, and explaining his idea that for women of initiative, quite as much as for men, the world of business had by far the best chances, the back chambers of his brain were busy with the problem of that “Why?” His first idea as a man of the world was to explain her unrest by a lover, some secret or forbidden or impossible lover. All the turnkeys were assembled. Spurlock was by nature orderly, despite his literary activities. Wood turned to look at him. Here was Ruth Enschede—sick of love! Love—something the world would always keep hidden from her, at least human love. Robbed of their prey, the fury of the mob became ungovernable. Shortly afterwards, he re-appeared with the information that the captive was safe below; and giving the necessary directions to his crew, before many minutes had elapsed, the Zeeslang spread her canvass to the first breeze of morning. On examining the door, he found it secured by a large rusty lock, which he endeavoured to pick with the nail he had just acquired; but all his efforts proving ineffectual, he removed the plate that covered it with the bar, and with his fingers contrived to draw back the bolt. And the age gets higher. One point in her narrative stood out beyond all others. The shouts, yells, and groans which they uttered, and which were echoed by the concourse in the rear, were perfectly frightful.
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