17/25 'Four years of separation,' he resumed, 'and my son taught to think that he has no father. By heavens! it is infamous, it is a curst piece of inhumanity. Mr.Beltham, if I do not see my wife, I carry off my son.' 'You may ask till you're hoarse, you shall never see her in this house while I am here to command,' said the squire. The affair is concluded.' 'You take him from his mother ?' the squire sang out. |