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'John Milton! exclaimed Lady Claypole, rising; 'I knew not, she continued, 'that you had been so near us. 'The temptation was great, indeed, madam: a poet never feels that he has true fame, until lips such as yours give utterance to his lines. He bowed low, and I thought coldly, over Lady Claypole's extended hand. She walked into the conservatory, and called on me to follow.
Claypole's habit to repose a blind and foolish confidence in anybody, it should be observed, in justice to that gentleman, that he had trusted Charlotte to this extent, in order that, if they were pursued, the money might be found on her: which would leave him an opportunity of asserting his innocence of any theft, and would greatly facilitate his chances of escape.
And I have taken a fancy to you and the young woman; so I've said the word, and you may make your minds easy. Noah Claypole's mind might have been at ease after this assurance, but his body certainly was not; for he shuffled and writhed about, into various uncouth positions: eyeing his new friend meanwhile with mingled fear and suspicion.
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