of it as they’ll let him have. I’ll give you five pounds if you get me what’ll send me to sleep all to-morrow - and to-morrow night!”
Never, I feel sure, were truth and falsehood more craftily interwoven; yet I had thought of none of it until the woman was at my door, while of much I had not thought at all. It had rushed from my heart and from my lips. And no sooner was I alone than I burst into hysterical tears, only
of it as they’ll let him have. I’ll give you five pounds if you get me what’ll send me to sleep all to-morrow - and to-morrow night!”
Never, I feel sure, were truth and falsehood more craftily interwoven; yet I had thought of none of it until the woman was at my door, while of much I had not thought at all. It had rushed from my heart and from my lips. And no sooner was I alone than I burst into hysterical tears, only
