"The gentleman is a stranger to me, Poll," replied the woollen-draper, with
increased embarrassment. At the corner of Liquorpond Street stood the old Hampstead coach-office; and,
on the night in question, a knot of hostlers, waggoners, drivers, and stable-boys
was collected in the yard. And when there is no longer any need to use it,
why then, enough you say—and throw it away. Too close, he
reasoned, for safety. Wood, joining the group, "it isn't Thames Darrell come
to life again?"
"It is—it is!" cried Winifred, rushing towards him, and flinging her arms round
his neck,—"it is my dear—dear brother!"
"Well, this is what I never expected to see," said the carpenter, wiping his eyes;
"I hope I'm not dreaming! Thames, my dear boy, as soon as Winny has done with
you, let me embrace you. We shall never have an heir, you and I! My family is
crumbling; all of my brothers are dead. "
"You need never be afraid of that," returned Winifred, affectionately; "my father
will take care you never leave him more. She looked down tassels of his shiny shoes with a
scowl. ”
“Very romantic. ”
“Every one must be experimental,” said Mr.
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