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Chapter 36
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A short hough’d man, but full of pride.
ALLAN RAMSAY.
The blood of Julian Peveril was so much fevered by the state in which his invisible visitor left him, that he was unable, for a length of time, to find repose1. He swore to himself, that he would discover and expose the nocturnal demon2 which stole on his hours of rest, only to add gall3 to bitterness, and to pour poison into those wounds which already smarted so severely4. There was nothing which his power extended to, that, in his rage, he did not threaten. He proposed a closer and a more rigorous survey of his cell, so that he might discover the mode by which his tormentor5 entered, were it as unnoticeable as an auger-hole. If his diligence should prove unavailing, he determined6 to inform the jailers, to whom it could not be indifferent to know, that their prison was open to such intrusions. He proposed to himself, to discover from their looks whether they were already privy7 to these visits; and if so, to denounce them to the magistrates8, to the judges, to the House of Commons, was the least that his resentment9 proposed. Sleep surprised his worn-out frame in the midst of his projects of discovery and vengeance10, and, as frequently happens, the light of the ensuing day proved favourable11 to calmer resolutions.
He now reflected that he had no ground to consider the
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Bungler
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traitor
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dastard
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adviser
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zeal
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renouncing
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penal
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