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The Salamanca Corpus: Yeoman Fleetwood (1900)
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yourself. Your wife spoke of going to an inn to-night, did she not? You have, therefore,
but to remain in the neighbourhood of the ordinary entrance to the Pavilion, and you
must necessarily see her depart I feel for you with all my heart — I feel, I may say, with
you, but believe me, I am helpless. Go; God bless you. After all, we are in His hands.
Go, go," she repeated, somewhat impatiently. “You must take up your post at once. This
may be but a mere piece of bravado, and when the girl comes to her senses she will
probably wish to leave before it grows too late. If you are not on the watch, you may
miss her."
Thus adjured, Simon had no choice but to withdraw, and, feeling like a man in a
nightmare, made his way to the Pavilion; taking up his stand at a point whence he had a
good view of the entrance.
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CHAPTER XXXIV.
Sweet partner I must not yet forsake you…
Let's be merry;
"I am a gentleman.” I’ll be sworn thou art;
Thy tongue, thy face, thy limbs, actions and spirit
Do give thee five fold blazon. — Shakespeare.
The eyes of the silent watcher were strained in the endeavour to lose no indication of the
departure of the merry-makers within that strange and tawdry palace. His ears were so
much on the alert that the mere throbbing of his own heart sounded unnaturally loud,
while the breaking of the waters on the neighbouring beach, the more distant noises of
the town, the very foot-falls of the passers-by, maddened him with the dread that such
sounds might overpower those for which he longed — Rachel's footstep, Rachel's voice.