[Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia by William Gilmore Simms]@TWC D-Link bookGuy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia CHAPTER XIX 29/34
That is but the old closet in which we store away lumber.
You are quite too regardful of your senses.
They will keep us here all night, and the fact is, I wish the business well over." "Where does Lucy sleep ?" "In the off shed-room below.
What of her ?" "Of her--oh nothing!" and Rivers paused musingly in the utterance of this reply, which fell syllable by syllable from his lips.
The landlord proceeded:-- "Pass on, Rivers; pass on: or have you determined better about this matter? Shall the youngster live? Indeed, I see not that his evidence, even if he gives it, which I very much doubt, can do us much harm, seeing that a few days more will put us out of the reach of judge and jury alike." "You would have made a prime counsellor and subtle disputant, Munro, worthy of the Philadelphia lawyers," returned the other, in a sneer. "You think only of one part of this subject, and have no passions, no emotions: you can talk all day long on matters of feeling, without showing any.
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