Ann Veronica listened thoughtfully,
with her eyes on the turf, and now and then she asked a question or looked up to
discuss a point. A man might be without relatives,
but certainly he would not be without friends, that is to say, without letters. From the portals of the hotel—scarcely fifty yards from the canal—one saw the
blank face of the ancient city of Canton. Selling out of the Army to take up his inheritance had spelled boredom to Gerald
Alderley. She perceived she had never really thought of any one but herself in all her acts
and plans. "Every honest man, Sir! He helps us to our own again. ”
CHAPTER THE THIRTEENTH
THE SAPPHIRE RING
Part 1
For a time that ring set with sapphires seemed to be, after all, the satisfactory
solution of Ann Veronica’s difficulties. Her confession was still unmade. ”
“I won’t keep you very long, daddy,” said Ann Veronica. According to what I’ve heard, you oughtn’t to
be here. If not, I have plenty to
think about,” she answered, leaning back in her chair, and watching the smoke
from her own cigarette curl upwards. Here, where every element of her surroundings was tawdry and
commonplace, and before this young man of vulgar origin and appearance, it
was striking. "You speak English better than I do," said O'Higgins, as the coolies jogged
across the bridge toward the gate. "I should call it putting
him out of the way.
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