He had been for months without music of the character he loved—and he
dared not play any of it!
McClintock, after the music began, left the piano and sat in a corner just beyond
the circle of light cast by the lamp. And who knew if the men that Gerald had posted there would follow her to
protect her somewhere else? In truth, where were these soldiers? She could not
see them, although she assiduously searched the mist-shrouded square from the
vantage point of the bay window in the large first floor room which had become
her headquarters. A South Sea island girl, and this was her first adventure
into civilization. ’
‘Dear me. But she
perceived that to tell Manning of her Ramage adventures as they had happened
would be like tarring figures upon a water-color. Ramage came for her at her lodgings, and she
met him graciously and kindly as a queen who knows she must needs give
sorrow to a faithful liege. She twanged the
catgut under her fingers. He pulled away. ”
“My God!” said Manning, in a stage-aside. Something draws everybody. Anna was having tea by herself when she entered. "
At this juncture, two women, very smartly attired in silk hoods and cloaks,
appeared at the door of the Lodge. Anna was afterwards astonished at her own selfpossession. “Have you much ability?” asked Ann Veronica.
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