Up to this moment, hopes had been entertained of a respite, strong representations in his favour having been made in the highest quarter; but now that his fate seemed sealed, the curiosity of the sight-seeing public to behold him was redoubled. He fell back upon the pillows with a little moan, clutching the slim white fingers fiercely. “Then you—you will?” A long pause. Then it dawned. Day after day for a measured hour in the lecture-theatre, with elaborate power and patience, Russell pieced together difficulty and suggestion, instance and counter-instance, in the elaborate construction of the family tree of life. He waved an arm and spoke with a peculiar resonance. Great stone staircases leading no one knew whither, and long gloomy passages, impressed the occasional visitor with the idea that he was traversing a building of vast extent; and, though this was not the case in reality, the deception was so cleverly contrived that it seldom failed of producing the intended effect. Gerald’s thoughts raced as he reached out supporting hands and murmured meaningless phrases to soothe. ‘The old man who lives here, idiot. ‘No, I do not go back. And Pottiswick, of course.
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