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Her thoughts flew from idea to idea without asking for the slightest link of connection between one and another. One moment she was full of the wild music and stirring scene with Manston -the next, Edward's image rose before her like a shadowy ghost. Then Manston's black eyes seemed piercing her again, and the reckless voluptuous mouth appeared bending to the curves of his special words.
Cytherea, pale and amazed at what she heard, wept for her, bent over her, and begged her not to go on speaking. 'Yes I must, she cried, between her sobs. 'I will I must go on! And I must tell yet more plainly!... you must hear it before I am gone, Cytherea. The sympathizing and astonished girl sat down again. 'The name of the woman who had taken the child was Manston.
The " 'Well, that's a rum story, said Mr. Dickson, interrupting. 'What's a rum story? said Manston hastily, and flushing in the face. 'Forgetting her watch and dropping her keys in her hurry. 'I don't see anything particularly wonderful in it. Any woman might do such a thing. 'Any woman might if escaping from fire or shipwreck, or any such immediate danger.
'She must do no such thing, and the truth must be stifled somehow nobody knows how. If I stay here, or on any spot of the civilized globe, as AEneas Manston, this woman must live with me as my wife, or I am damned past redemption! 'I will not countenance your keeping her, whatever your motive may be. 'You must do something, he murmured. 'You must. Yes, you must. 'I never will, she said.
Morris in her letter said that Miss Aldclyffe prayed for me yes, she heard her praying for me, and crying. Miss Aldclyffe did not mind an old friend like Mrs. Morris knowing it, either. Yet in opposition to this, notice her dead silence and inaction throughout this proceeding. 'It is a mystery; but never mind that now, said Owen impressively. 'About where Mrs. Manston has been living.
His manner was unmistakable. 'Well, I have other suspicions, repeated Edward; 'and if I only had the right if I were her husband or brother, he should be convicted of bigamy yet. 'The reproof was not needed, said Owen, with a little bitterness. 'What can I do a man with neither money nor friends whilst Manston has Miss Aldclyffe and all her fortune to back him up?
The question suddenly raised a new and much stranger one kindling a burst of amazement in her. How did Manston become possessed of this letter? That fact of possession was certainly the most remarkable revelation of all in connection with this epistle, and perhaps had something to do with his reason for never showing it to her.
It was clear that Manston was not many yards off, but the question was how to find him. Nothing could be done by the detective just then, encumbered as he was by the horse and Anne. If he had entered the thicket on a search unaided, Manston might have stepped unobserved from behind a bush and murdered him with the greatest ease.
One point was at any rate established: that the woman living with Manston was presented to the world as no other than his lawful wife. The quiet villagers of Carriford required no pew-opener in their place of worship: natives and in-dwellers had their own seats, and strangers sat where they could.
The steward gave vent to an expression of vexation. 'Her luggage is here, sir, the porter said. 'Put it up behind me in the gig if it is not too much, said Manston. 'Directly this train is in and gone, sir. The man vanished and crossed the line to meet the entering train. 'Where is that fire? Manston said to the booking-clerk.
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