We leave England to-night. “But why,” he said in the gasping voice of one subduing an agony, and looked
at her from under a pain-wrinkled brow, “why did you not tell me this before?”
“I didn’t know—I thought I might be able to control myself. unless a copyright notice is included. She stared at his
pleading face. Stanley considered. I hope you have learned your lesson
now and come to see—come to realize—how things are. ’
Gerald eyed her with interest. He seemed to be thinking hard. ’ The lady’s gaze
dwelled thoughtfully on the half-drawn sword and then came up to meet his, an
odd look in her eyes. ’
While he trod a deliberate path through the pink saloon towards the door,
Gerald encouraged a flow of harmless chatter about the people Madame had met
and the parties she had attended. The dress of this person was excessively
showy, and consisted of a scarlet riding-habit, lined and faced with blue, and
bedizened with broad gold lace, a green silk-knit waistcoat, embroidered with
silver, and decorated with a deep fringe, together with a hat tricked out in the
same gaudy style. Passing the old rectory, and still older church, with its reverend screen of trees,
and slowly ascending a hill side, from whence he obtained enchanting peeps of
the spire and college of Harrow, he reached the cluster of well-built houses
which constitute the village of Neasdon. Her father’s ideas of expostulation were a little harsh and forcible, and
over the claret-colored table-cloth and under the gas chandelier, with his hat and
umbrella between them like the mace in Parliament, he and his daughter
contrived to have a violent quarrel. ‘He destroyed the papers?’
‘That’s right,’ Roding said, throwing her a glance of frowning surprise, as if he
had not rated her intelligence so high. ’ Your name alone
would fill any music hall in London.
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