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Chapter 40

           

           Theinfluencesofhissolitaryhut-lifewereuponhimbesides,andgavehimasavageairthatnodresscouldtame;addedtotheseweretheinfluencesofhissubsequentbrandedlifeamongmen,and,crowningall,hisconsciousnessthathewasdodgingandhidingnow.Inallhiswaysofsittingandstanding,andeatinganddrinkingofbroodingaboutinahigh-shoulderedreluctantstyleoftakingouthisgreathorn-handledjackknifeandwipingitonhislegsandcuttinghisfoodofliftinglightglassesandcupstohislips,asiftheywereclumsypannikinsofchoppingawedgeoffhisbread,andsoakingupwithitthelastfragmentsofgravyroundandroundhisplate,asiftomakethemostofanallowance,andthendryinghisfinger-endsonit,andthenswallowingitinthesewaysandathousandothersmallnamelessinstancesarisingeveryminuteintheday,therewasPrisoner,Felon,Bondsman,plainasplaincouldbe.

           Ithadbeenhisownideatowearthattouchofpowder,andIhadconcededthepowderafterovercomingtheshorts.ButIcancomparetheeffectofit,whenon,tonothingbuttheprobableeffectofrougeuponthedead;soawfulwasthemannerinwhicheverythinginhimthatitwasmostdesirabletorepress,startedthroughthatthinlayerofpretence,andseemedtocomeblazingoutatthecrownofhishead.Itwasabandonedassoonastried,andheworehisgrizzledhaircutshort.

           WordscannottellwhatasenseIhad,atthesametime,ofthedreadfulmysterythathewastome.

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