"But I appeal to you, Sir James, whether it isn't extraordinary that so very slight a person should be such a desperate robber as he is represented—so young, too, for such an old offender. Her father’s peculiar stiffness of soul presented itself now as something altogether left out of the calculations upon which her plans were based, and, in particular, she had not anticipated the difficulty she would find in borrowing the forty pounds she needed for Ramage. The times were such that, with the opinions he entertained, he could not remain idle. The situation bothered him considerably. Bulging out more in the middle than at the two extremities, it resembled an enormous cask set on its end, —a sort of Heidelberg tun on a large scale,—and this resemblance was increased by the small circular aperture—it hardly deserved to be called a door—pierced, like the bung-hole of a barrell, through the side of the structure, at some distance from the ground, and approached by a flight of wooden steps. His age was not far from fifty. There was no longer any risk in association with her. Yet even now there were so many things untouched, so much to be learned. It was an impulse. But understand me thoroughly: I am offering you this job because my friend wants to help you. The birds were singing blithely amid the trees,—the lowing of the cows resounded from the yard,—a delicious perfume from the garden was wafted through the open window,—at a distance, the church-bells of Willesden were heard tolling for evening service. His two wives have been here. He hung vaguely for a moment as she passed. But just now there is nothing which you or anybody can do.
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