I Fall into Captivity

           IsawnomoreofUriahHeep,untilthedaywhenAgneslefttown.Iwasatthecoachofficetotakeleaveofherandseehergo;andtherewashe,returningtoCanterburybythesameconveyance.Itwassomesmallsatisfactiontometoobservehisspare,short-waisted,high-shouldered,mulberry-colouredgreat-coatperchedup,incompanywithanumbrellalikeasmalltent,ontheedgeofthebackseatontheroof,whileAgneswas,ofcourse,inside;butwhatIunderwentinmyeffortstobefriendlywithhim,whileAgneslookedon,perhapsdeservedthatlittlerecompense.Atthecoachwindow,asatthedinner-party,hehoveredaboutuswithoutamoment’sintermission,likeagreatvulture:gorginghimselfoneverysyllablethatIsaidtoAgnes,orAgnessaidtome.

           Inthestateoftroubleintowhichhisdisclosurebymyfirehadthrownme,IhadthoughtverymuchofthewordsAgneshadusedinreferencetothepartnership.‘IdidwhatIhopewasright.Feelingsurethatitwasnecessaryforpapa’speacethatthesacrificeshouldbemade,Ientreatedhimtomakeit.’Amiserableforebodingthatshewouldyieldto,andsustainherselfby,thesamefeelinginreferencetoanysacrificeforhissake,hadoppressedmeeversince.Iknewhowshelovedhim.Iknewwhatthedevotionofhernaturewas.Iknewfromherownlipsthatsheregardedherselfastheinnocentcauseofhiserrors,andasowinghimagreatdebtsheardentlydesiredtopay.

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