’
A peal of laughter came from the girl. “Do you think that it is kind of you, Miss Pellissier,” he said, almost roughly, “to
ignore your friends so? In your heart you know quite well that you could pay
Sydney or me no greater compliment than to give us just a little of your
confidence. As soon as dinner was over she went into the
kitchen and devoted herself to compiling a tray—not a tray merely of halfcooled dinner things, but a specially prepared “nice” tray, suitable for tempting
any one. “Goodnight. ’
‘But it is imbecile,’ interrupted Melusine, struck by the impracticalities of her
father’s scheme. “Why could you not confide in us?”
“Do what?” said Ann Veronica. Such was the terror inspired by Wild's vindictive character, that few durst face
him who had given him cause for displeasure. And even she was forced to admit to herself that this last resource of hers was a
slender reed on which to lean. “Why did I ever take that loan? An idiot girl in an asylum would have known
better than that!
“Vulgarity of soul and innocence of mind—the worst of all conceivable
combinations. "
"Doubt me not," replied Thames.
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