"
The major was not so well acquainted with Lizzie as is the reader, and he
pitied her. "I can understand all that," he said.
How much kinder he was than Lord George had been when she confessed the
truth to him. Here would be a rock! And such a handsome man as he was,
too--not exactly a Corsair, as he was great in authority over the London
police--but a powerful, fine fellow, who would know what to do with swords
and pistols as well as any Corsair--and one, too, no doubt, who would
understand poetry! Any such dream, however, was altogether unavailing, as
the major had a wife at home and seven children. "If you will only tell me
what to do, I will do it," she said, looking up into his face with
entreaty, and pressing her hands together in supplication.
Then at great length, and with much patience, he explained to her what he
would have her do. He thought that, if she were summoned and used as a
witness, there would be no attempt to prosecute her for the--incorrect
versions--of which she had undoubtedly been guilty. The probability was,
that she would receive assurance to this effect before she would be asked
to give her evidence, preparatory to the committal of Benjamin and Smiler.
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