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by shore and sedge(紐眠才巳課都)-及22何蛍

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if he hoped to see the missing gift visible to the general eye。 ;So take a 

seat a minit�察�won't ye�拭─�

     But    Mr。    Renshaw�察    �after   an   observant     glance   at   the  young     girl's 

abstracted face�察�brusquely excused himself�察 �I've got a letter to write�察─�he 

said�察�with a half bow to Rosey。 ;Good night。; 

     He crossed the passage to the room that had been assigned to him�察�and 

closing the door gave way to some irritability of temper in his efforts to 

light the lamp and adjust his writing materials。 For his excuse to Mr。 Nott 

was   more   truthful   than   most   polite   pretexts。   He   had�察  �indeed�察  �a   letter   to 

write�察�and one that�察�being yet young in duplicity�察�the near presence of his 

host rendered difficult。 For it ran as follows�此�



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                         ;DEAR SLEIGHT�察�



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     ;As   I   found   I   couldn't   get   a   chance to   make   any  examination   of   the 

ship except as occasion offered�察�I just went in to rent lodgings in her from 

the God´forsaken old ass who owns her�察�and here I am a tenant for two 

months。 I contracted for that time in case the old fool should sell out to 

some one else before。 Except that she's cut up a little between decks by the 

partitions for lofts that that Pike County idiot has put into her�察�she looks 

but little changed�察�and her FORE´HOLD�察�as far as I can judge�察�is intact。 It 

seems that Nott bought her just as she stands�察�with her cargo half out�察�but 

he wasn't here when she broke cargo。 If anybody else had bought her but 

this cursed Missourian�察�who hasn't got the hayseed out of his hair�察�I might 

have found out something from him�察�and saved myself this kind of fooling�察�

which isn't in my line。 If I could get possession of a loft on the main deck�察�

well forward�察�just over the fore´hold�察�I could satisfy myself in a few hours�察�

but the loft is rented by that crazy Frenchman who parades Montgomery 

Street every afternoon�察�and though old Pike County wants to turn him out�察�

I'm afraid I can't get it for a week to come。 



                                                II 



     ;If anything should happen to me�察�just you waltz down here and corral 

my things at once�察�for this old frontier pirate has a way of confiscating his 

lodgers' trunks。 

     ;Yours�察�

     DICK。; 



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       If  Mr。   Renshaw      indulged    in  any   further   curiosity    regarding    the 

interior of the Pontiac�察�he did not make his active researches manifest to 



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Rosey。  Nor�察 �in spite of her   father's   invitation�察�did he again   approach   the 

galleya fact which gave her her first vague impression in his favor。 He 

seemed      also   to  avoid    the  various    advances     which    Mr。   Nott    appeared 

impelled to make�察�whenever they met in the passage�察�but did so without 

seemingly avoiding HER�察�and marked his half contemptuous indifference 

to the elder Nott by an increase of respect to the young girl。 She   would 

have     liked    to  ask    him    something      about    ships�察   �and    was    sure   his 

conversation   would   have   been   more   interesting   than   that   of   old   Captain 

Bower�察�to   whose cabin he had succeeded�察�who   had once told her   a   ship 

was the ;devil's hen´coop。; She would have liked also to explain to him 

that she was not in the habit of wearing a purple bonnet。 But her thoughts 

were   presently   engrossed   by   an   experience   which   interrupted   the   even 

tenor of her young life。 

     She     had   been�察   �as  she   afterwards     remembered�察       �impressed     with    a 

nervous   restlessness   one   afternoon�察  �which   made   it   impossible   for   her   to 

perform   her   ordinary   household   duties�察  �or   even   to   indulge   her   favorite 

recreation of reading or castle building。 She wandered over the ship�察�and�察�

impelled by the same vague feeling of unrest�察�descended to the lower deck 

and the forward bulkhead where she had discovered the open hatch。 It had 

not been again disturbed�察�nor was there any trace of further exploration。 A 

little ashamed�察�she knew not why�察�of revisiting the scene of Mr。 Renshaw's 

researches�察  �she   was   turning   back   when   she   noticed   that   the   door   which 

communicated with de Ferrieres's loft was partly open。 The circumstance 

was so unusual that she stopped before it in surprise。 There was no sound 

from within�察�it was the hour when its queer occupant was always absent�察�

he must have forgotten to lock the door or it had been unfastened by other 

hands。 After a moment of hesitation she pushed it further open and stepped 

into the room。 

     By   the   dim   light   of   two   port´holes   she   could   see   that   the   floor   was 

strewn and piled with the contents of a broken bale of curled horse hair�察�of 

which   a   few   untouched   bales   still   remained   against   the   wall。 A  heap   of 

morocco skins�察�some already cut in the form of chair cushion covers�察�and a 

few   cushions   unfinished   and   unstuffed   lay   in   the   light   of   the   ports�察  �and 

gave     the   apartment      the   appearance      of   a  cheap     workshop。      A   rude 



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instrument for combing the horse hair�察�awls�察�buttons�察�and thread heaped on 

a small bench showed that active work had been but recently interrupted。 

A cheap earthenware ewer and basin on the floor�察�and a pallet made of an 

open bale of horse hair�察�on which a ragged quilt and blanket were flung�察�

indicated that the solitary worker dwelt and slept beside his work。 

     The   truth   flashed   upon   the   young   girl's   active   brain�察  �quickened   by 

seclusion and fed by solitary books。 She read with keen eyes the miserable 

secret   of   her   father's   strange   guest   in   the   poverty´   stricken   walls�察  �in   the 

mute evidences of menial handicraft performed in loneliness and privation�察�

in this piteous adaptation   of an   accident to save   the conscious   shame   of 

premeditated   toil。   She   knew   now   why   he   had   stammeringly   refused   to 

receive   her   father's   offer   to   buy   back   the   goods   he   had   given   him�察  �she 

knew   now   how   hardly   gained   was   the   pittance   that   paid   his   rent   and 

supported   his   childish   vanity   and   grotesque   pride。   From   a   peg   in         the 

corner hung the familiar masquerade that hid his povertythe pearl´gray 

trousers�察�the black frock coat�察�the tall shining hatin hideous contrast to 

the penury of his surroun
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