`` Make yourself easy , '' said the Carrier . `` He went into that room last night , without harm in word or deed from me , and no one has entered it since . He is away of his own free-will . I 'd go out gladly at that door , and beg my bread from house to house , for life , if I could so change the past that he had never come . But he has come and gone . And I have done with him ! '' `` Oh ! -- Well , I think he has got off pretty easy , '' said Tackleton , taking a chair . The sneer was lost upon the Carrier , who sat down too , and shaded his face with his hand , for some little time , before proceeding . `` You showed me last night , '' he said at length , `` my wife -- my wife that I love -- secretly -- '' `` And tenderly , '' insinuated Tackleton . '' -- Conniving at that man 's disguise , and giving him opportunities of meeting her alone . I think there 's no sight I would n't have rather seen than that . I think there 's no man in the world I would n't have rather had to show it me . '' `` I confess to having had my suspicions always , '' said Tackleton . `` And that has made me objectionable here , I know . '' `` But , as you did show it me , '' pursued the Carrier , not minding him ; `` and as you saw her , my wife , my wife that I love '' -- his voice , and eye , and hand grew steadier and firmer as he repeated these words : evidently in pursuance of a steadfast purpose -- `` as you saw her at this disadvantage , it is right and just that you should also see with my eyes , and look into my breast , and know what my mind is upon the subject . For it 's settled , '' said the Carrier , regarding him attentively . `` And nothing can shake it now . '' Tackleton muttered a few general words of assent about its being necessary to vindicate something or other ; but he was overawed by the manner of his companion . Plain and unpolished as it was , it had a something dignified and noble in it , which nothing but the soul of generous honour dwelling in the man could have imparted .
`` I am a plain , rough man , '' pursued the Carrier `` with very little XXXXX recommend me .
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