”
“Yes,” said Ann Veronica, “I agree to that. ‘You cannot mean General Charvill?’
‘That old martinet?’ exclaimed Roding. She threw out a hand to stop
herself from cannoning into them and, losing balance, tripped over her own
petticoats and fell to the carpeted floor, her hat falling off as she did so. Black blood and white bone flew into the corners of
the crypt, slathering the dead faces of the corpses left
piled in the corner. No great lover of state or state costume
at any time, he was generally, towards the close of an evening, completely in
dishabille, and in this condition he now presented himself to his subjects. What would it be without
that safeguard?”
Ogilvy pursued his own topic. He had promised her some
books, for she had voiced her hunger for stories. Or,
if you must take off my clothes, don't dash cold water on my head. "
"I care for no risk, provided I can serve you," rejoined Sheppard. After an affectionate parting with Winifred, Thames was conducted by the
carpenter to his sleeping apartment—a comfortable cosy chamber; such a one, in
short, as can only be met with in the country, with its dimity-curtained bed, its
sheets fragrant of lavender, its clean white furniture, and an atmosphere
breathing of freshness. ‘Though he didn’t mean it. And then came the vile experience of being forced and borne along the street
to the police-station. Twenty
guineas, mind. He would come swiftly to her aid, she knew it. It was just
then that she came face to face with Nigel Ennison.
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