He
was—a millionaire. This adventure of yours has gone on
altogether too long; it has become a serious distress to both your aunt and
myself. If she returns to the house from which we took her, her
companions will laugh at her and smother her with ridicule. “I have spoken too many truths to-night. She happened to have an acute
sense of form and unusual mental lucidity, and she found in biology, and
particularly in comparative anatomy, a very considerable interest, albeit the
illumination it cast upon her personal life was not altogether direct. She had time in the
afternoons to do crewelwork and embroidery, no longer
occupied by the constant spinning of wool. \"Drives a red Jeep?\"
\"Uh-huh. Natives brought him an equal amount from the
neighbouring islands. "You will be wanting your broth, Hoddy," she said. “And you?”
“Same thing. “Ye
Gods!” she said at last. And now, come and sit by me, my dear,
and let's have a little quiet chat together. He was beginning to think about her inordinately. No doubt he knew
enough of his world to recognise that he stood little chance against the word of a
major of militia. I will make her my Grail, and some day, perhaps, if God wills, she shall
become my wife!’”
He looked very hard before him as he said this, and his voice was full of deep
feeling.
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