Vexed and irritated beyond measure, at being
thus made a conspicuous object of observation to his
inferiors, the unbending governor made a violent and
successful effort to disengage his leg; and then, without
uttering a word, or otherwise noticing the unhappy being
who lay extended at his feet, he stalked across the parade
to his apartments at the opposite angle, without appearing
to manifest the slightest consciousness of the scene that
had awakened such universal attention.
Several of the officers, among whom was Captain Blessington,
now hastened to the assistance of the female, whom all
had recognised, from the first, to be the interesting
and unhappy wife of Halloway. Many of the comrades of
the latter, who had been pained and pitying spectators
of the scene, also advanced for the same purpose; but,
on perceiving their object anticipated by their superiors,
they withdrew to the blocks-houses, whence they had
issued. Never was grief more forcibly depicted, than in
the whole appearance of this unfortunate woman; never
did anguish assume a character more fitted to touch the
soul, or to command respect.
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