Chapter 12

           Mymindgrewveryuneasyonthesubjectofthepaleyounggentleman.ThemoreIthoughtofthefight,andrecalledthepaleyounggentlemanonhisbackinvariousstagesofpuffyandincrimsonedcountenance,themorecertainitappearedthatsomethingwouldbedonetome.Ifeltthatthepaleyounggentleman’sbloodwasonmyhead,andthattheLawwouldavengeit.WithouthavinganydefiniteideaofthepenaltiesIhadincurred,itwascleartomethatvillageboyscouldnotgostalkingaboutthecountry,ravagingthehousesofgentlefolksandpitchingintothestudiousyouthofEngland,withoutlayingthemselvesopentoseverepunishment.Forsomedays,Ievenkeptcloseathome,andlookedoutatthekitchendoorwiththegreatestcautionandtrepidationbeforegoingonanerrand,lesttheofficersoftheCountyJailshouldpounceuponme.Thepaleyounggentleman’snosehadstainedmytrousers,andItriedtowashoutthatevidenceofmyguiltinthedeadofnight.Ihadcutmyknucklesagainstthepaleyounggentleman’steeth,andItwistedmyimaginationintoathousandtangles,asIdevisedincrediblewaysofaccountingforthatdamnatorycircumstancewhenIshouldbehaledbeforetheJudges.

           Whenthedaycameroundformyreturntothesceneofthedeedofviolence,myterrorsreachedtheirheight.

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