Proof
that the scoundrel had risen from the dead—for he was dead to his father!
He glared at the female whose appearance in England had revived those
painful memories—churning unbearably since Brewis Charvill had brought him
the news and put him in the worst of tempers—and the fury spilled out. She began rubbing it with her pocket-handkerchief. ’
Melusine’s instant annoyance must have shown in her face. "
"Be pleased, then, in future not to let your surprise find vent in words," rejoined
Jonathan, sternly. Moving swiftly to the end of the corridor, he pushed
open a door at random and entered a large room, which looked to have been a
saloon, judging from the faded gilt and crimson wall-paper, a mirror above the
fireplace which was surrounded by an ornate gilded frame, now sadly tarnished,
and a worn Chippendale sofa with striped upholstery and tasselled cushions. Of all crafts,—and it was
the only craft his poor father, who, to do him justice, was one of the best
workmen that ever handled a saw or drove a nail, could never understand,—of
all crafts, I say, to be an honest man is the master-craft. ‘Indeed?’ Gerald said politely. Courtlaw found the study in Cariolus’ studio. She could feel her face turning beet red. But she had found it
very difficult.
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