The Best of Husbands, 3. kötetR. Bentley and Son, 1874 |
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already ance answered Maggie beheld believe beneath Best of Husbands better brother burglary cause cellar CHARING CROSS CHECKMATED cheque comfort confess continued Blake cried crime dead dear Dennis Blake desk doubt doubtless dreadful duty eyes face faith father fear felt fingers forgery give gone Gresham hand happened happy hear heard heart Heaven Hilton hope hour inspec Inspector Brain John Milbank John's knew leave Linch listen little Willie look lutely madam Maggie quietly Maggie's malice matter mind Morden mother murder needs ness never night observed Maggie once packet parlour passion perhaps pickaxe pity poor present proof rector Richard Rosebank secret seemed silence Southampton STAMFORD STREET stood suppose sure Teetotalers tell terrorem thing Thorne thought tion told tongue wife WILLIAM CLOWES Willie's wish woman word worst YEAR'S EVE
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199. oldal - Some are far too ready to say what God should do and what he should not do, who might, with profit to themselves, have such a vision as Eliphaz, the friend of Job, had, when a spirit passed before his face, and the hair of his flesh stood up.
151. oldal - Linen, in his professional tones, ' but it is my duty to inform you — in case you may not be aware of the circumstance — of the existence of a certain document in your husband's desk.
125. oldal - Mr. Dennis Blake was not a gentleman given to poetic metaphor, or he might have likened himself, on this occasion of his departure, to the month of March, which is said to come in like a lion, but to go out like a lamb. The...
116. oldal - Milbank in private,' ejaculated he sullenly, when Mr. Brain had finished his peroration, and laid his hand upon Blake's shoulder, in sign that he had taken possession of him as his lawful prize. ' I have not a doubt of it,' observed the inspector coolly ; ' but I shall not permit you to do anything of the kind ; for if you are going to try the game on again of which I suspect you, it is my duty to shield this lady from your designs ; while, if there...
144. oldal - Of course there was. Who is it that has reached middle life, and been so fortunate as never to have experienced that moment when he has been called aside, it may be from some scene of pleasure, or from one, at least, wherein his ' bosom's lord sat lightly on its throne...
117. oldal - Altogether, Mr. Dennis Blake, it seerns to me that you are in a pretty considerable hole.' The extreme depth of this hole, however, could only be appreciated by the person in it ; the arguments of the inspector were incontestable; .but besides, there was this supreme and bitterest conviction in Blake's breast, that the foe whom he had designed to ruin, and whose destruction he would gladly now have worked, no matter at what cost to himself, was probably at that moment beyond the reach of his malice.
134. oldal - His very virtues, because they had contrasted so with the other's defects, had been obnoxious to her ; and if she had not applauded those who sneered at them she had not rebuked them. Of his love for her she had been unconscious, but it almost seemed to her now that she must have been wilfully blind to it. What a life of placid happiness, had she perceived that love, acknowledged it, reciprocated it, in those early days, might have been...
59. oldal - You are right there madam,' cried he, with sudden ferocity. ' Nor need you doubt my power to indulge it. However, a few days more or less will not alter matters : you may be lying to me — I daresay you are — but I will wait the week.' ' And then ? ' ' Then I shall come again with the confess I mean with the proofs I spoke of, in your husband's handwriting, and in his absence make my terms with you. They will be such as, if I were to state them now, might well astound you ; and yet you will acknowledge...
119. oldal - Brain,' observed Maggie gravely, 'I have myself no wish to proceed against this person. I confess that his vile and slanderous story — though not for a single instant did it obtain credence with me — has given me great distress and pain ; but to punish him would be to punish myself also. I can imagine that so base a creature, finding his case hopeless, and having nothing to gain by an honest confession, would gratify his malignity and spite by repeating in a court of justice, and to as many ears...