It was not sinister, yet he
remembered no such cast of countenance within his experience.
Mr. Ganns turned over the little object that had so often met his
inquiring gaze.
"A rare crook," he said aloud; "but he is right: his wife was
greater than either of us. If he'd listened to her and not his own
vainglory, both could be alive and flourishing yet."
The dark brown eye seemed to stare up at him with a human twinkle as
he brought out his gold snuffbox and took a pinch.
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