Anna comes to London. "I had no thought of injuring your wife,
and would have died rather than commit so foul a crime. I want to get away—to go to London. ’
Chapter Six
Creeping along the dark narrow passage, with lantern held well ahead to keep
her step steady on the uneven stones—and to warn her of the advent of rats—
Melusine kept her long petticoats fastidiously clear of the dirt with an efficient
hand, a habit she had learned in the convent. ’
‘Wouldn’t you?’
‘In Valade’s place, with so much at stake—and more perhaps than he thought,
for if he goes to the lawyers he’s bound to find out about this house—’
Hilary said it for him. I hope
you won’t mind if I say first that I think it does me an extraordinary honor that
you should think of any one like myself so highly and seriously, and, secondly,
that I wish it had not been written. ’
He had abandoned the “sir”, Gerald noted, realising that the footman’s respect
for him had dropped sharply. Businesswomen
in pointy-toed shoes swooned coyly in his direction,
tipping their noses over their glossy magazines to admire
273
him.
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