Since morning he had become fanatical; the atoms of common sense no longer
functioned in the accustomed groove. Wood became sensible that he was not
alone. His clothes were smartly pressed, his linen white, his jaws
cleanly shaven; but the day would come when he would grow indifferent to
bodily cleanliness. Ann Veronica was not ready enough to deal with that counter-stroke. It might prove rewarding. A moment afterwards, the door was
closed and bolted, and the carpenter found himself alone. She would have to move on to
a more lawless country soon, Mexico, Columbia, then
cross the sea where she could eventually return to the
chaos of Eastern Europe and the Russias. Don’t
say anything, she thought to herself, say nothing more,
Martin. On the
other hand the two young men who sat on either side of Anna were already
throwing murderous glances at the newcomer. ”
“Too much character, and too little sentiment,” he answered. ”
“Yes. Still, that leaves over a million shrines short, not
reckoning widows who re-marry. The person, shortly afterwards ushered into the room, seemed by the imperfect
light,—for the evening was advancing, and the chamber darkened by heavy
drapery,—to be a middle-sized middle-aged man, of rather vulgar appearance,
but with a very shrewd aspect. She laughed till the tears stood in her eyes. ”
The official shrugged his shoulders.
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