"Well, who'd have thought of finding it
in this unexpected way!"
"Don't be too sure till you see it," said the widow. You are in the right to be cautious, till you know
with whom you have to deal; and, even then, you can't be too wary. But we were both
pledged to secrecy, and I couldn’t reveal my part for fear that I would lose my
place. Part 5
Ann Veronica’s resolve to have things out with her father was not
accomplished without difficulty. The ripple of the water against the boat, as its keel cleaves
through the stream—the darkling current hurrying by—the indistinctly-seen
craft, of all forms and all sizes, hovering around, and making their way in ghostlike silence, or warning each other of their approach by cries, that, heard from
afar, have something doleful in their note—the solemn shadows cast by the
bridges—the deeper gloom of the echoing arches—the lights glimmering from
the banks—the red reflection thrown upon the waves by a fire kindled on some
stationary barge—the tall and fantastic shapes of the houses, as discerned
through the obscurity;—these, and other sights and sounds of the same character,
give a sombre colour to the thoughts of one who may choose to indulge in
meditation at such a time and in such a place. The trio exhibited that indecisive air with which Ah Cum was tolerably
familiar. At once. A small handgun bobbed at the end of it,
aimed at Sheila. "Do not go near him, mother," cried Jack; "do not believe him. But probably not the truth. “You understand, then,” he was saying, “you understand?”
“I understand,” said Ann Veronica, tear-wet and flushed with a reciprocal
passion, but standing up to him with an equality that amazed even herself, “I
understand. Ruth flashed in and out of the sunshine; and he took note of
the radiant nimbus above her head each time the sunshine touched her hair.
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