He realized that he was
committed to the path across the fields, an uninteresting walk at the best of
times. His instinct
was in the direction of considering his daughters his absolute property, bound to
obey him, his to give away or his to keep to be a comfort in his declining years
just as he thought fit. "My own father!"
Queerly the room and its objects receded and vanished; and there intervened a
series of mental pictures that so long as she lived would ever be recurring. I can’t explain—”
They regarded one another, each blinded to the other. ’
‘That’s easy. As
absurd as that you take this interest in my affairs. He could hardly open the envelope, he trembled
so. Recollect, he's chained to the ground by a great horse-padlock, and is
never unloosed except when he comes to that hatch. With one or two exceptions, there were no pews;
and, as the intercourse with London was then but slight, the seats were occupied
almost exclusively by the villagers. "Stop thief!" clamoured the rabble behind. Without preamble, in a voice of extreme exasperation, he demanded, ‘Now
what the devil’s to do? What in God’s name do you mean by sending Gerald
such a ridiculous letter? Never read anything half as crazy. But how to avail himself of it was the question, for in his present garb he
was sure to be recognised.
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