Roanoke of Roanoke Hall: A Romance — page 122: what you’re looking at

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116 Roanoke of Roanoke Hall. and kept plaguing him, until he was almost ready to weep with rage and vexation, when he at length deigned to enlighten his curi- osity. ‘‘ Didst ever hear the name of Roanoke?” «<Roanoke !” snarled the old man, while I pricked up my ears to hear what might con- cern me in this revelation. ‘Aye, I know it well.” ‘‘Hast thou heard that Allan Roanoke is dead?” ; «Aye, aye, and glad I was. I hate the whole brood.” ‘‘And that the estate was forfeited to the king ?” “*No, no; I never heard tell of that. Good news ! good news !” In brief phrases he related how the se- questration had been defeated by the an- nouncement of the exchange of the daughter for the natural son, and as he spoke the old man’s expression of glee at my disinheritance changed to round-eyed interest. **T understand, I understand,” he cried, suddenly. ‘Oh, John, you are a cunning fox, if ever there was one.” comichbooks.com