[The Monctons: A Novel, Volume I by Susanna Moodie]@TWC D-Link bookThe Monctons: A Novel, Volume I CHAPTER X 9/13
The presence of the one proves the existence of the other.
The serpent is sleeping in his coil, and one of these days you will feel the strength of his fangs.
Is this the door that leads to his chamber? You have chosen a sorry dormitory for the heir of the proud house of Moncton." "Hush! I wish he slept with his fathers.
But even if he should awake, how could he guess, that our visit to his chamber could in any way concern him ?" "He has a shrewd face, an intelligent eye--an eye to detect treachery, and defy danger." "On the contrary, a babe might deceive him." "He has been educated in too hard a school to revel in such ignorance, Moncton." "Hold your tongue, Dinah, and give me the light.
Remember how you were deceived in his cousin Philip." Mr.Moncton's hand was on the lock of the door: an almost irresistible impulse urged me to spring from the bed and draw the bolt.
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