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awful and a dangerous thing it is to be bringing the daughters of
other people into a peaceable and well-governed family!"
"And who will thank you for the same, after what has been already
done?" muttered Abiram, with a grin of disappointed cupidity, in which
malignity and terror were disgustingly united; "when the devil has
once made out his account, you may look for your receipt in full only
at his hands."
"Peace!" said Ishmael, stretching his heavy hand towards his kinsman,
in a manner that instantly silenced the speaker. "Your voice is like a
raven's in my ears. If you had never spoken, I should have been spared
this shame."
"Since then you are beginning to lose sight of your errors, and to see
the truth," said Middleton, "do not things by halves, but, by the
generosity of your conduct, purchase friends who may be of use in
warding off any future danger from the law--"
"Young man," interrupted the squatter, with a dark frown, "you, too,
have said enough. If fear of the law had come over me, you would not
be here to witness the manner in which Ishmael Bush deals out
justice.
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