In Prison

           Thecellswereallcrowded;sothetwofriendswerechainedinalargeroomwherepersonschargedwithtriflingoffenceswerecommonlykept.Theyhadcompany,forthereweresometwentymanacledandfetteredprisonershere,ofbothsexesandofvaryingages,anobsceneandnoisygang.TheKingchafedbitterlyoverthestupendousindignitythusputuponhisroyalty,butHendonwasmoodyandtaciturn.Hewasprettythoroughlybewildered;hehadcomehome,ajubilantprodigal,expectingtofindeverybodywildwithjoyoverhisreturn;andinsteadhadgotthecoldshoulderandajail.Thepromiseandthefulfilmentdifferedsowidelythattheeffectwasstunning;hecouldnotdecidewhetheritwasmosttragicormostgrotesque.Hefeltmuchasamanmightwhohaddancedblithelyouttoenjoyarainbow,andgotstruckbylightning.

           Butgraduallyhisconfusedandtormentingthoughtssettleddownintosomesortoforder,andthenhismindcentreditselfuponEdith.Heturnedherconductover,andexamineditinalllights,buthecouldnotmakeanythingsatisfactoryoutofit.Didsheknowhimordidn’tsheknowhim?Itwasaperplexingpuzzle,andoccupiedhimalongtime;butheended,finally,withtheconvictionthatshedidknowhim,andhadrepudiatedhimforinterestedreasons.Hewantedtoloadhernamewithcursesnow;butthisnamehadsolongbeensacredtohimthathefoundhecouldnotbringhistonguetoprofaneit.

           

           Wrappedinprisonblanketsofasoiledandtatteredcondition,HendonandtheKingpassedatroublednight.

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