Corwin and the twins; and the second day out,
when she is feeling her very worst, all four of her fiances will turn
up at the same time beside her chair. Then I shall leave her to get
out of her trouble the best way she can. I imagine, after she has
had a taste of my literary regimen, she'll quite fall in love with
the Harley method, and behave herself as a heroine should."
I sat down all aglow with the idea of being able to tame Harley's
heroine and place her in a mood more suited for his purposes. The
more I thought of how his failures were weighing on his mind, the
more viciously ready was I to play the tyrant with Marguerite, and--
well, I might as well confess it at once, with all my righteous
indignation against her, I could not do it. Five times I started,
and as many times did I destroy what I wrote. On the sixth trial I
did haul the New York relentlessly back into port, never for an
instant considering the inconvenience of the passengers, or the
protests of the officers, crew, or postal authorities. This done, I
seized upon the unfortunate Osborne, spirited his luggage through the
Custom-house, and sent the ship to sea again.
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