Be that how it may, however, it is satisfactory to me to know that
you shall never more be troubled by one word from that ill-regulated young
man. I made him my adieux, such as they were, this evening; and never more
shall he enter the walls of Bartram-Haugh while we two live.'
Uncle Silas replaced the papers which had ostensibly interested him so
much, and returned. There was a vein which was visible near the angle
of his lofty temple, and in moments of agitation stood out against the
surrounding pallor in a knotted blue cord; and as he came back smiling
askance, I saw this sign of inward tumult.
'We can, however, afford to despise the follies and knaveries of the world,
Maud, as long as we act, as we have hitherto done, with perfect confidence
in each other. Heaven bless you, dear Maud! Your report troubled me, I
believe, more than it need--troubled me a good deal; but reflection assures
me it is nothing. He is gone. In a few days' time he will be on the sea. I
will issue my orders to-morrow morning, and he will never more, during his
brief stay in England, gain admission to Bartram-Haugh.
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