Ellen Wood

Name: East Lynne — Chapter 6
Author: Ellen Wood

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“East Lynne — Chapter 6”, published in 1861, is a work by Ellen Wood. It explores elements such as Afy, Thorn and Carlyle.

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 6 (1861)

“ Carlyle looked keenly at Richard there in the moonlight.
"Very soon, almost in the same moment, as it seemed, some one came panting and tearing along the path leading from the cottage. It was Thorn. His appearance startled me: I had never seen a man show more utter terror. His face was livid, his eyes seemed starting, and his lips were drawn back from his teeth. Had I been a strong man I should surely have attacked him. I was mad with jealousy; for I then saw that Afy had sent me away that she might entertain him." ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 6 (1861)

“ The governor and my mother thought I went after Afy; perhaps I did, and perhaps I didn't. Hallijohn had asked me to lend him my gun, and that evening, when I went to see Af—when I went to see some one—never mind—"
"Richard," interrupted Mr. Carlyle, "there's an old saying, and it is sound advice: 'Tell the whole truth to your lawyer and your doctor.' If I am to judge whether anything can be attempted for you, you must tell it to me; otherwise, I would rather hear nothing. It shall be sacred trust."
"Then, if I must, I must," returned the yielding Richard. "I did love the girl. ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 6 (1861)

“ Richard stopped for breath. Mr. Carlyle did not speak.
"I called to Afy. No one answered. No one was in the lower room; and it seemed that no one was in the upper. A sort of panic came over me, a fear. You know they always said at home I was a coward: I could not have remained another minute with that dead man, had it been to save my own life. I caught up the gun, and was making off, when—"
"Why did you catch up the gun?" interrupted Mr. Carlyle.
"Ideas pass through our minds quicker than we can speak them, especially in these sorts of moments," was the reply of Richard Hare. ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 6 (1861)

“ They have no nephew; the old man never had but those two children, Jacob and Edward. Neither have they any cousin. Rich men they are growing now. Jacob has set up his carriage."
Mr. Carlyle mused, but he expected the answer, for neither had he heard of the brothers Thorn, tanners, curriers, and leather-dressers, possessing a relative of the name. "Dill," said he, "something has arisen which, in my mind, casts a doubt upon Richard Hare's guilt. ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 6 (1861)

“ Must I go into the garden to him, or may he come in here?"
"I think he might come in; you know how bad the night air is for you. Are the servants astir this evening?"
"Things seem to have turned out quite kindly," spoke up Barbara. "It happens to be Anne's birthday, so mamma sent me just now into the kitchen with a cake and a bottle of wine, desiring them to drink her health. I shut the door and told them to make themselves comfortable; that if we wanted anything we would ring."
"Then they are safe," observed Mr. Carlyle, "and Richard may come in." ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 6 (1861)

“ She told me once that she could be a grander lady, if she chose, than I could ever make her. 'A lady on the cross,' I answered, 'but never on the square.' Thorn was not a man to entertain honest intentions to one in the station of Afy Hallijohn; but girls are simple as geese."
"By your description, it could not have been one of the Thorns of Swainson. Wealthy tradesmen, fathers of young families, short, stout, and heavy as Dutchmen, staid and most respectable. Very unlikely men are they, to run into an expedition of that sort."
"What expedition?" questioned Richard. "The murder?" ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 6 (1861)

“ The noise brought people from the house—plenty were in it then—and I retreated. 'If she can think me guilty, the world will think me guilty,' was my argument; and that night I went right off, to stop in hiding for a day or two, till I saw my way clear. ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 6 (1861)

“ I was flying from the door, I say, when Locksley emerged from the wood, full in view; and what possessed me I can't tell, but I did the worst thing I could do—flung the gun indoors again, and got away, although Locksley called after me to stop."
"Nothing told against you so much as that," observed Mr. Carlyle. "Locksley deposed that he had seen you leave the cottage, gun in hand, apparently in great commotion; that the moment you saw him, you hesitated, as from fear, flung back the gun, and escaped."
Richard stamped his foot. "Aye ”

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