The boy was bright and inquisitive as he was subtle. He was a handsome man, and Lucy could see the strong resemblance of John to him. Every now and then her general presence became radiantly dazzling in his eyes; she would appear in the street coming toward him, a surprise, so fine and smiling and welcoming was she, so expanded and illuminated and living, in contrast with his mere expectation. ‘Gérard is not mad, only of a disposition entirely interfering. A constant attendant at court, he had the mortification to see every one promoted but himself, and thus bewails his ill-luck. I know nothing of that young lady. She drank and drank until his body was a lifeless husk, as light as a mannequin, virtually hollow of all but the fluid in his bones. "Can you pull him through?" was the anxious question. But to-day he did not get beyond half a dozen desultory start-offs. McClintock's heart went out to Spurlock; he would always be the boy's friend, even though he had dragged this girl on to the rocks with him.
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