"One of the consequences of criminal conduct, is the shame and disgrace which—worse than any punishment the evil-doer can suffer—is brought by it upon the innocent relatives; and, if Jack had considered this, perhaps he would not have acted as he has done, and have entailed so much misery on his unhappy parent. There sat Jack, evidently in the last stage of intoxication, with his collar opened, his dress disarranged, a pipe in his mouth, a bowl of punch and a halfemptied rummer before him,—there he sat, receiving and returning, or rather attempting to return,—for he was almost past consciousness,—the blandishments of a couple of females, one of whom had passed her arm round his neck, while the other leaned over the back of his chair and appeared from her gestures to be whispering soft nonsense into his ear. 265 The madness crept around her like smoke under a door. A slow heavy thumping started up in Melusine’s chest, and she scarcely took in the astonished silence in those present in the room. Everybody breathed a collective sigh of relief in the neighborhood, no one wanted to see how those kids would grow up. Ruth hugged the envelope and McClintock, with the end of a burnt match, drew a cabalistic sign. He kissed her cheek. He hung vaguely for a moment as she passed. She had almost chosen to prostitute herself rather than live in that animal state once, but had found a warm cave in Kentucky just as situations had grown truly desperate. ” She went on, with a desperate attempt to be easy and colloquial: “You see, we were rather good friends, I thought, and now perhaps it will be difficult for us to get back to the old friendly footing. ‘Go you through the passage and find the other door.
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