In imagination he could see before him _the
thing_, who had dared to threaten him, lingering out the moments of a
hated life in slow agony. The vision was one of pleasure, and he rubbed
his hands with delight.
The means of accomplishing his dark purpose then came up for
consideration, and in this connection he happened to think of De Guy. He
must be the minister of his vengeance, and the herald of his future
safety; and he summoned him again to his presence.
CHAPTER XXVI.
"Thou hast stepped in between me and my hopes,
And ravished from me all my soul held dear." ROWE.
De Guy returned to the library at Jaspar's summons. The shrewd attorney
at once perceived the conflict which agitated the mind of his patron. He
had come to Bellevue with a purpose, and, as Jaspar's disturbed mind
seemed to favor that purpose, he hailed it as an omen of success. But
what had so agitated him? Jaspar was not a man to be depressed by any
trivial circumstance.
The attorney did not have to wait long in suspense, for Jaspar related
the particulars of his interview with Dalhousie, and mentioned the price
he had named to insure his silence.
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