Over an old crazy bedstead was thrown a squalid, patchwork counterpane; and upon the counterpane lay a black hood and scarf, a pair of bodice of the cumbrous form in vogue at the beginning of the last century, and some other articles of female attire. The house had in fact been converted into a convent, but the fact could not be advertised, not even in the Catholic enclave that existed in this part of town. “But you yourself,” she exclaimed, glancing into his face, “you too look tired. On this side a flight of wooden steps, protected by a hand-rail, led to a door opening upon the summit of the prison. To buy the freedom of a poor little Chinese slave-girl! For what was the sing-song girl but a slave, the double slave of custom and of men? Ruth wanted to know keenly what had impelled the idea. He shrugged and, to Gerald’s relief, made to leave at last. "I strangled him—ha! ha! ha!—strangled him while he was at my breast—ha! ha!"—And then with a sudden and fearful change of look, she added, "That's what has driven me mad, I killed my child to save him from the gallows—oh! oh! One man hanged in a family is enough. Then she went below. Wood wound it up by a description of the drenching he had undergone at the Mint pump, the other could hold out no longer, but, leaning back in his chair, gave free scope to his merriment. ‘As a matter of fact, I’m not at all sympathique. He might have been a complete innocent, she did not know and did not bother to find out. Hastily, he reached for the door. "I don't think that's likely.
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