[Foul Play by Charles Reade]@TWC D-Link book
Foul Play

CHAPTER XXVI
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He started up, took a fish out of the pot, wrapped it in a leaf, and stalked off to his boat.

Then he ate a little of the fish, threw the rest away, and went down upon the sands, and paced them in a sad and bitter mood.
But the night calmed him, and some hours of tranquil thought brought him fortitude, patience and a clear understanding.

He went to his boat, elevated by generous and delicate resolutions.

Now worthy resolves are tranquilizing, and he slept profoundly.
Not so she, whose sudden but very natural change of demeanor had hurt him.

When she returned and found he was gone for the night, she began to be alarmed at having offended him.
For this and other reasons she passed the night in sore perplexity, and did not sleep till morning; and so she overslept her usual time.


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