Taking this for encouragement, her suitor proceeded still more extravagantly. "Oh, I've read that!" Spurlock had heard distinctly enough all of this odd conversation; but until the spinster's reference to the family album, no phrase had been sufficient in strength of attraction to break the trend of his own unhappy thoughts. Arrived at her side, it was soon evident, from the throng of seamen in Dutch dresses that displayed themselves, that her crew were on the alert, and a rope having been thrown down to the skipper, he speedily hoisted himself on deck. He displayed none of the airy optimism of their previous talk over the downland gate. ToC On the night of Friday, the 26th of November, 1703, and at the hour of eleven, the door of a miserable habitation, situated in an obscure quarter of the Borough of Southwark, known as the Old Mint, was opened; and a man, with a lantern in his hand, appeared at the threshold. Her eyes glistened in the darkness—for light was only admitted through a small grated window—like flames, and, as she fixed them on him, their glances seemed to penetrate his very soul. “I expected you this morning,” he said. They are the only happy women in the Orient. Sure of foot, noiseless, he made the veranda and paused at the side of one of the screened windows. Curiosity to see what a sing-song girl was like took possession of Ruth's thoughts. They were silent and no longer observant, being more or less exhausted by the tedious action of the chairs. The amazing tonic of the thought! From time to time she laid her hand upon Spurlock's forehead: it was still cold. “It may be more difficult than you think,” she said.
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