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"I thought I recollected you," she said, a moment after. "Ah! may I hope that I did not then offend you with my impertinence? The eye of Margaret Cooper brightened, her cheek glowed, and her form rose somewhat proudly. The arch-hypocrite paused judiciously, and she spoke: "Nay, nay, Mr. Stevens, these fine speeches do not pass current.
"Beautiful!" the arch-hypocrite would exclaim, as if unconscious of utterance; "beautiful!" and his hand would possess itself of the trembling fingers of hers. "But beautiful as it is, Margaret, I am sure that it is nothing to what you could do under more auspicious circumstances." "Ah! if there were ears to hear, if there were hearts to feel, and eyes to weep, I feel, I know, what might be done.
Notwithstanding the earl's insisting on impartial justice, she perceived the doubt in his countenance, and eager to maintain her advantage, replied "The knight, I fear, has fled beyond our search; but that I may not want a witness to corroborate the love I once bore this arch-hypocrite, and, consequently, the sacrifice I make to loyalty in thus unveiling him to the world, I call upon you, Lord Lennox, to say whether you did not observe at Dumbarton Castle the state of my too grateful heart?"
She saw an unmistakable change in her young friend's mobile face. "I will be ready in a moment," she said to the landlord. Then, turning to John Milton, the arch-hypocrite said sweetly: "My brother must have known instinctively that I was in good hands, as he didn't come.
There was no need in the district of Manchester for Finney to explain what hypocrite he meant. In his own country Smith was commonly held to be the arch-hypocrite. "The devil has surely espoused that cause in earnest, for the number of deluded souls in that part of Ohio and in southern Missouri, and scattered as missionaries up and down the country, is, I hear, between three and four thousand."
'More hot air from the super-Selwyn. 'Selwyn is the spokesman for enlightened America. 'Masterful thinker, masterful writer, is the author of "The Island of Darkness." 'What does Selwyn receive from Germany? 'The arch-hypocrite of American letters. With a shrug of his shoulders he threw them to one side. 'A pack of hounds, he muttered, 'howling at the moon!
"My dear Adrien, does not my whole life belong to you?" replied the arch-hypocrite. Adrien waved the suggestion aside. "By the way, what is the time?" he said, feeling for his watch. "I don't know," answered his friend, "mine has stopped." "Well, mine has gone," said Leroy quietly. "I remember now; it was in that affair in the park." "What?" exclaimed Jasper, in tones of the deepest sympathy.
One day, that yet lives in my heart, Anselmo, sprang up afresh, a day forever domed in memory. Fair rose the sun that day, and I walked on the nation's errands through the streets of a distant town, a hoar and antique place, that sheltered me safely, so slight guard was it thought to need by our oppressors! It pleased that reverend arch-hypocrite to take at this hour his airing.
Such a genius as yours, such a spirit, can not always be buried in these woods." It was in such artful language as this that the arch-hypocrite flattered and beguiled her. They were wandering along the edge of the streamlet to which we have more than once conducted the footsteps of the reader. The sun was about setting. The autumn air was mild with a gentle breathing from the south.
There are known to have been a hundred and two men killed by Plummer and his gang; how many were murdered without their fate ever being discovered can not be told. Plummer was the leader of the band, but, arch-hypocrite that he was, he managed to keep his own connection with it a secret. His position as sheriff gave him many advantages.
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