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Shaking a woman's head off her shoulders, and breath out of her body, in his house, did not suit his ideas of gallantry at all, rough as he was. "By heaven! are you mad, sir? What have you been doing? I never laid the weight of my hand on Jacquelina in all my life, wild as she has driven me at times. Explain your brutality, sir."
Poor Jacko was wondering "If I be I?" Grim sat in a leathern chair, at the farthest extremity of the room, occupied with holding a book, but reading Jacquelina. Suddenly he broke into her brown study by exclaiming: "I should like to know what you are doing, and how long you intend to remain standing before that glass."
Jacquelina looked all around the group, each figure of which glared redly in the light of the flames. All were present all but the commodore! Where could the commodore be? Jacquelina ran through the crowd looking for him in all directions.
This being decided, the Sister of Mercy took the stand, threw aside her long, black veil, and revealed the features of Jacquelina; but so pale, weary, anxious and terrified, as to be scarcely recognizable. The usual oath was administered. And while Cloudy stood triumphantly by the side of Mr. Willcoxen, Jacquelina prepared to give her evidence.
Waugh, and then bade them good-by, and hastened homeward. But she saw Thurston walking his horse up and down the forest-path, and impatiently waiting for her. Dr. Grimshaw was very much dissatisfied; and no sooner had Marian left the home, and left him alone with Mrs. Waugh and Jacquelina, than he turned to the elder lady, and said, with some asperity: "I think it would have been well, Mrs.
He would have been glad to prevent Jacquelina from going to the lecture upon the evening in question; but there was no reasonable excuse for doing so. Everybody went to the lectures, which were very popular. Mrs. Waugh made a point of being punctually present at every one.
"And because you unintentionally occasioned some sorrow, now happily over, to some people, you would atone for the fault by adding one more to the list of victims, and making me miserable. Bad logic, Lina, and worse religion." Jacquelina did not know she could not decide after so many grave errors, she was afraid to trust herself.
I will get aunty to use her influence with both of them, and see what can be done. But as for marrying Dr. Grimshaw, mother I know what I am saying I would rather die!" "And see me die, my child?" "Oh, mother! it will not be so bad as that." "Jacquelina, it will. Do you know what is the meaning of these afternoon fevers and night sweats and this cough?"
"See if Nace Grimshaw is in his room, and if he is not, we will wait no longer!" said the hungry commodore, thumping his heavy stick down upon the floor. Festus sprang to do his bidding, and after an absence of a few minutes returned with the information that the professor was not there. Jacquelina shrugged her shoulders, and shook with inward laughter.
In the very anguish of remorse the instinct of self-preservation seized the wretched man, and he started up and fled as from the face of the avenger of blood. In the meantime Jacquelina had reached home sooner than she had expected. It was just dark, and the rain was beginning to fall as she sprang from the carriage and darted into the house. Mrs.
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