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Chapter 10
HowsadtopoorGerty’sears!Hadherfatheronlyavoidedtheclutchesofthedemondrink,bytakingthepledgeorthosepowdersthedrinkhabitcuredinPearson’sWeekly,shemightnowberollinginhercarriage,secondtonone.Overandoverhadshetoldherselfthatasshemusedbythedyingembersinabrownstudywithoutthelampbecauseshehatedtwolightsoroftentimesgazingoutofthewindowdreamilybythehourattherainfallingontherustybucket,thinking.Butthatviledecoctionwhichhasruinedsomanyhearthsandhomeshadcastitsshadowoverherchildhooddays.Nay,shehadevenwitnessedinthehomecircledeedsofviolencecausedbyintemperanceandhadseenherownfather,apreytothefumesofintoxication,forgethimselfcompletelyforiftherewasonethingofallthingsthatGertyknewitwasthatthemanwholiftshishandtoawomansaveinthewayofkindness,deservestobebrandedasthelowestofthelow.
AndstillthevoicessanginsupplicationtotheVirginmostpowerful,Virginmostmerciful.AndGerty,raptinthought,scarcesaworheardhercompanionsorthetwinsattheirboyishgambolsorthegentlemanoffSandymountgreenthatCissyCaffreycalledthemanthatwassolikehimselfpassingalongthestrandtakingashortwalk.Youneversawhimanywayscrewedbutstillandforallthatshewouldnotlikehimforafatherbecausehewastoooldorsomethingoronaccountofhisface(itwasapalpablecaseofDoctorFell)orhiscarbunclynosewiththepimplesonitandhissandymoustacheabitwhiteunderhisnose.
