He knew that tragedy was as blind as justice, that it struck the child and the grown-up impartially. Supposing she saw the young man at dinner that night, emptying his bottle? She could not go to him, sit down and draw the sordid pictures she had seen so often. Old and dilapidated, the widow's domicile looked the very picture of desolation and misery. His curiosity put itself into a question. His hand traveled below her loose neckline, and he cupped her round breast in his hand. “I loathe afternoon concerts, and——” She was really like her sister he thought, impressed for a moment by the soft brilliancy of her smile. Descending the hollow, or rather excavation,—for it was an old disused clay-pit, at the bottom of which the cottage was situated,—he speedily succeeded in arousing the ancient sibyl, and having committed Edgeworth Bess to her care, with a promise of an abundant reward in case she watched diligently over her safety, and attended to her comforts till his return,—to all which Black Mary readily agreed,—he departed with a heart lightened of half its load. In these waters the shell has about given out. Unobserved, she knelt and kissed the threshold: for she knew what kisses were now.
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