But that Chink, Ah Cum! O'Higgins chuckled as he passed into the hall and rested his hand on the newel-post of the staircase. It was a duel, you understand, and that is not permitted. He smiled at Ruth as she turned away from the bed, smiled with both his mouth and eyes; and she knew that here would be a man of heart as well as of science. "Was that thunder?" he faltered, as a terrible clap was heard overhead. ’ ‘Hélas, poor you,’ Melusine rejoined sarcastically. Do not slight my warning. Above was a spacious hall, connected with it by a flight of stone steps, at the further end of which stood an immense grated door, called in the slang of the place "The Jigger," through the bars of which the felons in the upper wards were allowed to converse with their friends, or if they wished to enter the room, or join the revellers below, they were at liberty to do so, on payment of a small fine. The spinsters—who on the morrow would vanish out of the girl's life for ever—had already left their imprint upon her imagination. And yet, often when alone, he wondered: had McClintock been wrong, or had she ceased to care in that way? The possibility that she no longer cared should have filled him with unalloyed happiness, whereas it depressed him, cut the natural vanity of youth into shreds and tatters. His pulses beat fast as he walked, his feet fell lightly upon the pavement.
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