Mercifully, John had been sick for two of the three
days of Thanksgiving week, giving her reprieve from both
his presence and the machinations of Katy Pfister, who
was always less active on days when he was not around. ’
‘Or she imagines that being half English is the same as being completely
English,’ suggested Lucilla. She
dreaded leaving him for the night, but separated herself
finally. What need had she of Gerald,
or anyone? Yet, if he was here, would he not make some foolish game with her
and make her laugh? Instead of behaving in this fashion so stupide, and crying,
crying, crying. . How little he
knew about Ruth—the background from which she had sprung! He knew that
her father was a missioner, that her mother was dead, that she had been born on
this island, and that, at the time of his collapse, she had been on the way to an
aunt in the States. Go on with your studies
at the Imperial College, for example, get a degree, and make yourself good
value. Anna——”
Again she stopped him, but this time it was not so easy. Her situation was
perplexing her very much, and the Widgett atmosphere was lax and sympathetic,
and provocative of discussion.
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