And she has
conveniently deserted him! We cannot possibly prove that she hasn't
while he chooses to maintain that she has."
"H'm," grunted Kerry, abruptly changing the subject. "I hope I'm not
recognized here."
"Have you visited the place before?"
"Some years ago. Unless there are any old hands on view tonight, I
don't think I shall be spotted."
He wore a heavy and threadbare overcoat, which was several sizes too
large for him, a muffler, and a weed cap--the outfit supplied by Seton
Pasha; and he had a very vivid and unpleasant recollection of his
appearance as viewed in his little pocket-mirror before leaving
Seton's room. As they proceeded across the muddy wilderness towards
the light which marked the site of Dougal's, they presented a picture
of a sufficiently villainous pair.
The ground was irregular, and the path wound sinuously about mounds of
rubbish; so that often the guiding light was lost, and they stumbled
blindly among nondescript litter, which apparently represented the
accumulation of centuries. But finally they turned a corner formed by
a stack of rusty scrap iron, and found a long, low building before
them. From a ground-floor window light streamed out upon the fragments
of rubbish strewing the ground, from amid which sickly weeds uprose as
if in defiance of nature's laws.
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