He thought of her and himself, and no longer in that vein of incidental
adventure in which he had begun. The woman shrugged her shoulders. Lucy trudged upstairs behind
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him and he put his hand on her shoulder and said, “I’m
sorry about this evening. She explained she was expecting an important interview,
and asked that her visitor should be duly shown in. You are not with the Kent militia, are you?’
‘West Kent, yes. Also, you must send someone to fetch my
horse—at least, it is not mine but I have borrowed it to come here—because it
will be dark very soon and—’
‘Woof! Hold it, hold it,’ begged the sergeant. "Ah!" he exclaimed, as the
painting was turned towards him. You are afraid of the
warmth in your blood. It became a sort of duel at last between them, and all the
others sat and listened—every one, that is, except the Alderman, who had got the
blond young man into a corner by the green-stained dresser with the aluminum
things, and was sitting with his back to every one else, holding one hand over his
mouth for greater privacy, and telling him, with an accent of confidential
admission, in whispers of the chronic struggle between the natural modesty and
general inoffensiveness of the Borough Council and the social evil in
Marylebone. At length the task was done, and she jabbed the
needle into a cushion, folded the coat, and rose. Remember
——”
Annabel clutched her sister’s arm.
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