“Do you know,” she said, “that every one is remarking how ill you look. He picked up the remote and sat himself to her right. Wood wound it up by a description of the drenching he had undergone at the Mint pump, the other could hold out no longer, but, leaning back in his chair, gave free scope to his merriment. 25 <4> THE ARRIVAL OF THE BLACK DEATH He loved her many times, especially in the first month. Think! Had you not better hurry back before Sir John discovers? You are his wife right enough. Dismissing the post-chaise at the Old Bailey, he walked to Newgate to ascertain what had occurred since the escape. In doing this, he chanced to raise his eyes and half fancied he beheld, shaded by a pillar at the extremity of the western aisle, the horrible countenance of the thief-taker. A pity, en effet, that she dare not truly desire him to rescue her. He had invited himself to dine with her merely to watch her table manners. It was a curious sight to see how this extraordinary woman, who, it has been said, was not less remarkable for the extreme delicacy of her features, and the faultless symmetry of her figure, than for her wonderful strength and agility, conducted herself in the present encounter; with what dexterity she parried every blow aimed against her by her adversary, whose head and face, already marked by various ruddy streams, showed how successfully her own hits had been made; —how she drew him hither and thither, now leading him on, now driving him suddenly back; harassing and exhausting him in every possible way, and making it apparent that she could at any moment put an end to the fight, and only delayed the finishing stroke to make his punishment the more severe. "Hold hard," cried he, addressing the waterman; "I'll give the gentleman a lift. But you! Why the devil did you marry her? That's the thing that confounds me. ‘C’est ridicule.
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