I welcome you, my poor fallen son;' and he stretched out his
hand. But our hero simply gave the blasphemous vagabond a look of
scorn and turned away.
'There is one other, the fourth and last of the male members of our
humble dwelling, to whom let me also present you. This is a young
gentleman of a very meek and unobtrusive disposition. He never raises
his voice to a high pitch, or makes a noise when performing any
little job that requires skill. It would seem as if his good parents
were inspired in bestowing a name upon him. They called him Lifter.
We have slightly varied the name, took a small grammatical liberty
with it, so to speak. We call him The Lifter. Let me, Mr. Gray,
introduce you to The Lifter.' Roland bowed with the same air of
haughtiness and disgust. But now that he was among the unholy crew he
felt that he must make the best of the situation, conformably, of
course, with his sense of honour. The description given of this
miscreant by the robber chief indicates his appearance. He was
somewhat below the medium height, and though not stoutly built,
revealed strongly knit shoulders, and muscles enduring as twisted
steel.
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