Her heartbeat raced, her limbs turned to water,
and it was only by a miracle and the strength of the arms that held her that she
remained standing on her feet. She
could have dined alone in her room; but courage had demanded that she face the
ordeal and have done with it. From the first there had always been between her and
her listeners that electrical sympathy which only a certain order of genius seems
able to create. She looked more than her sixty odd years, in spite of a still
lush head of black hair, streaked with a little grey, which was visible under her
cap and of immediate interest to Gerald. Having seen every precaution taken to ensure his safe
custody, he departed, muttering to himself, "I shall yet live to see him hanged—I
shall live to see him hanged. Hugging them, they crept
stealthily around the house, Major Alderley leading, and wasting—so his captain
acidly commented—a deal of time checking the windows and doors. ’
‘Bravo,’ applauded Lucilla, clapping her hands. “I suppose I ought to congratulate you,” he said. Sheppard, you mean, Sir," interrupted his wife, ironically.
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