75/105 I have done them a palpable wrong, but I can at least forbear to add insult to injury. I may be an arrant fool, but, for the moment, I have taken it into my head to be prodigiously pleased. I should n't be able to conceal it; my pleasure would offend them; so I lock myself up as a dangerous character." "Well, I can only say, 'May your pleasure never grow less, or your danger greater!'" Roderick closed his eyes again, and sniffed at his rose. "God's will be done!" On this Rowland left him and repaired directly to Mrs.Light's. This afflicted lady hurried forward to meet him. |