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Powers and I pervaded the whole universe; but finally crept down his garret-stairs, and parted, with a friendly pressure of the hand. August 2d. We had grown weary of the heat of Florence within the walls, . . . . there being little opportunity for air and exercise except within the precincts of our little garden, which, also, we feared might breed malaria, or something akin to it.
"Selphar," said my mother, a little suspiciously, "how did you know the robbers were there?" "Robbers!" said the girl, aghast. She knew nothing of the robbers. She knew nothing of the ear-ring. She remembered nothing that had happened since she went up the garret-stairs to bed, the night before. And, as I said, the girl was as honest as the sunlight.
The other night I tried to put him back in his bed, but he got away and ran all over the house, me hunting him everywhere, and not a sign of him, till he jumps out on me from the garret-stairs and nearly knocks me down. 'I've visited the outposts, Sarah, says he; 'all's well, and off he goes to bed as bold as brass." "Have you spoken to your mistress?" asked the Captain. "Yes, sir," said Sarah.
"To be sure," I replied affirmatively. He said no more, but went and looked up the garret-stairs. They bore traces of a severe encounter, that must be confessed. "Do you wish me to give you a bit of advice?" he asked. "No!" I answered promptly. "Well, then, here it is.
As I mounted I drew my own conclusions. His hand I remembered that in old days he used to be rather proud of it was damp, perhaps with mental agitation, and he sometimes stopped as if to take breath. The narrow garret-stairs whispered to me too, that my friend David, who in his time had given promise of good abilities, could not have made great use of them for his own worldly advancement.
A narrow garret-stairs led down to the main staircase, which lay inside the building and was supposed to be used only by those who lived on the side facing the street. This was the fashionable portion of the "Ark"; here lived old sea-dogs, shipbuilders, and other folks with regular incomes.
"I ken the road to Mistress Forbes's as weel's the road up your garret-stairs, Mr Bruce." "Ow nae doobt!" he answered, with a sneering acerbity peculiar to him, in which his voice seemed sharpened and concentrated to a point by the contraction of his lips. "And there's tykes aboot," he added, remembering Annie's fear of dogs. But by this time Annie, gentle as she was, had got a little angry.
A narrow garret-stairs led down to the main staircase, which lay inside the building and was supposed to be used only by those who lived on the side facing the street. This was the fashionable portion of the "Ark"; here lived old sea-dogs, shipbuilders, and other folks with regular incomes.
He sprang up the sand before him, and, sliding back at every step, gained the top with difficulty, and ran across the links towards the city. The exercise pumped the blood more rapidly through his brain, and before he reached home hope had begun to dawn. He ascended the garret-stairs, and again knocked at Mr Cupples's door. "Come in," reached his ear in a strange dull tone.
"To be sure," I replied affirmatively. He said no more, but went and looked up the garret-stairs. They bore traces of a severe encounter, that must be confessed. "Do you want me to give you a bit of advice?" he asked. "No!" I answered promptly. "Well, then, here it is.
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