Roanoke of Roanoke Hall: A Romance — page 115: what you’re looking at

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Roanoke of Roanoke Hall. 109 land, and what was his business there, so I once more took my place at the grating. ; At the sound of the approach of the visi- tants Stephen must have put up his gold . with marvellous expedition, for there was no sign of it upon the table now, and he was standing with his back tothe fire, while John o’ Compton was seated in the chair he had occupied, the man in the cloak standing aloof. “«Has’t made up thy mind?” asked John o’ Compton, after the two men had remained silently eyeing one another for some minutes. “What need, what need, man?” replied Stephen Ashland, impatiently. ‘‘ Why such unseemly haste? The wench cannot fly away, and how canst marry her without a priest?” ‘Without a priest!’ laughed John o’ Compton. ‘Dost think I have not wit enough to foresee and provide for such a question? Off with thy trappings, man, and show my master that, when John o’ Comp- ton wills, it shall go hard but he will make a way.” The stranger, to whom the latter portion of this speech had been addressed in French, comichbooks.com