The cage at Willesden was, and is—for it is still standing—a small round
building about eight feet high, with a pointed tiled roof, to which a number of
boards, inscribed with the names of the parish officers, and charged with a
multitude of admonitory notices to vagrants and other disorderly persons, are
attached. A loud buzz of curiosity circulated among the domestics; some of whom—
especially the females—leaned forward to obtain a peep at the culprit. Bordered by fine timber, the road
occasionally offered glimpses of a lovely valley, until a wider opening gave a
full view of a delightful and varied prospect. “Mr. . She
forgot her vital hatred of the South Seas; she forgot that McClintock's would not
differ a jot from the old island she had for ever left behind her; she forgot all the
doctor's lessons and warnings. She
glanced at him. He bore it as long as he could, watching all
the time with fascinated eyes Annabel moving gracefully about amongst her
guests, always gay, with a smile and a whisper for nearly everybody. Lord, what a state I was in! Night after night I sat
there, I watched her come in, I watched her go. ”
He did not appear to require any answer to his question. It was the
beginning of June. Wood had retired to his own room, where he had just summoned Thames.
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