2/31 Mr.Verner--and in saying Mr.Verner, we must include all--was fairly puzzled. A notion had sprung up that Dinah Roy, the bailiffs wife, could tell something about it if she would. Certain it was, that she had stood amid the crowd, cowering and trembling, shrinking from observation as much as possible, and recoiling visibly if addressed. He was accustomed to keep his wife in due submission. |