"Well?" he whispered. "Shall I never banish those horrible phantoms from my couch—the father with his bleeding breast and dripping hair!—the mother with her wringing hands and looks of vengeance and reproach!—And must another be added to their number—their son! Horror!—let me be spared this new crime! And yet the gibbet—my name tarnished—my escutcheon blotted by the hangman!—No, I cannot submit to that. To-morrow, when she returned to Hong-Kong, she would purchase a simple but modern dress. The necessity of defending herself and assuming a confident and secure tone did much to dispell the sense of being exposed and indefensible in a huge dingy world that abounded in sinister possibilities. “One moment, if you please!” She stopped short and looked round. She hesitated, and for a moment thought of omitting her second verse altogether. Ten years of military life had taught him caution, but only strengthened a fearless zest for diving into any promising adventure with unalloyed enjoyment. "Hear me, Jack!" shrieked his mother. She could not bear the shame of it. ” “Yes, I believe that was the name.
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