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"Confound you! Don't touch me. I'll not be kept here, to be caught and hung!" For an instant she thought he was mad. "Caught and hung!" she echoed. "My poor Edward! what do you mean?" CONFOUND YOU DON'T TOUCH ME I'LL NOT BE KEPT HERE TO BE CAUGHT AND HUNG FOR AN INSTANT SHE THOUGHT HE WAS MAD CAUGHT AND HUNG SHE ECHOED MY POOR EDWARD WHAT DO YOU MEAN
his coat, and brought her own plaid to wrap round him. All this time her heart sunk lower and lower. He allowed her to do what she liked, as if he were an automaton; his head and his arms hung loosely down, and his eyes were fixed, in a glaring way, on the fire. When she brought him some tea, he spoke for the first time; she could not hear what he said till he repeated it, so husky was his voice. "Have you no brandy?" She had the key of the little wine-cellar, and fetched up some. But as she took a tea-spoon to measure it out, he tremblingly clutched at the bottle, and shook down a quantity into the empty tea-cup, and drank it off at one gulp. He fell back again in his chair; but in a few minutes he roused himself, and seemed stronger. "Edward, dear Edward, what is the matter?" said Maggie, at last; for he got up, and was staggering toward the outer door, as if he were going once more into the rain, and dismal morning-twilight. He looked at her fiercely as she laid her hand on his arm. HIS WET BOOTS AND HELPED HIM OFF WITH HIS COAT AND BROUGHT HER OWN PLAID TO WRAP AROUND HIM ALL THIS TIME HER HEART SUNK LOWER AND LOWER HE ALLOWED HER TO DO WHAT SHE LIKED AS IF HE WERE AN AUTOMATON HIS HEAD AND HIS ARMS HUNG LOOSELY DOWN AND HIS EYES WERE FIXED IN A GLARING WAY ON THE FIRE WHEN SHE BROUGHT HIM SOME TEA HE SPOKE FOR THE FIRST TIME SHE COULD NOT HEAR WHAT HE SAID TILL HE REPEATED IT SO HUSKY WAS HIS VOICE HAVE YOU NO BRANDY SHE HAD THE KEY OF THE LITTLE WINE CELLAR AND FETCHED UP SOME BUT AS SHE TOOK A TEASPOON TO MEASURE IT OUT HE TREMBLINGLY CLUTCHED AT THE BOTTLE AND SHOOK DOWN A QUANTITY INTO THE EMPTY TEACUP AND DRANK IT OFF AT ONE GULP HE FELL BACK AGAIN IN HIS CHAIR BUT IN A FEW MOMENTS HE ROUSED HIMSELF AND SEEMED STRONGER EDWARD DEAR EDWARD WHAT IS THE MATTER SAID MAGGIE AT LAST FOR HE GOT UP AND WAS STAGGERING TOWARD THE OUTER DOOR AS IF HE WERE GOING ONCE MORE INTO THE RAIN AND DISMAL MORNING TWILIGHT HE LOOKED AT HER FIERCELY AS SHE LAID HER HAND ON HIS ARM
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