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In the meantime , how shall we describe the savage fury of the baronet , as the trembling wretch proceeded ? It is impossible . His rage , the vehemence of his gestures , the spasms that seemed to sey ; e sometimes upon his features and sometimes upon his limbs , as well as upon different parts of his body , transformed him into the appearance of something that was unnatural and frightful . He bit his lips in the effort to restrain these tremendous paroxysms , until the bloody foam fell in red flakes from his mouth , and as portions of it were carried by the violence of his gesticulations over several parts of his face , he had more the appearance of some bloody-fanged ghoul , reeking from the spoil of a midnight grave , than that of a human being . `` Now , '' said he , `` how did it happen that -- brainless , worthless , and beneath all contempt , as you are , most execrable scoundrel -- you suffered that adroit ruffian , Dulcimer -- whom I shall punish , never fear -- how came it , you despicable libel on nature and common sense -- that you allowed him to humbug you to your face , to laugh at you , to scorn you , to spit upon you , to poke your ribs , as if you were an idiot , as you are , and to kick you , as it were , in every imaginable part of your worthless carcass -- how did it come , I say , that you did not watch them properly , that you did not get them immediately arrested , as you ought to have done , or that you did not do more than would merely enable you to chronicle my disgrace and misery ? '' `` A ' did all a ' could , Sir Thomas . A ' searched through all Dublin for her without success ; but as to where he has her , a ' ca n't guess .