His
shirt was unfastened, his vest unbuttoned, his hose ungartered; his feet were
stuck into a pair of pantoufles, his arms into a greasy flannel dressing-gown, his
head into a thrum-cap, the cap into a tie-periwig, and the wig into a gold-edged
hat. Then she examined with
curiosity some knick-knacks upon a small round table by her side. ” A birthday present of a microscope had turned his mind to technical
microscopy when he was eighteen, and a chance friendship with a Holborn
microscope dealer had confirmed that bent. She is extremely
lovely, but for her to have borne the name of the Blessed Virgin would have been
nothing short of sacrilege. He flung open the door and cast a quick glance round. “You were seen to leave the flat, and your
handkerchief was found there. I presume
that I may not kiss you in the street?”
“Certainly not, sir,” she replied, laughing. ‘Rather thought I’d have to disarm
you when you heard of it. If only this man had
been her father! The world would have meant nothing; the island would have
been wide enough.
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