‘What the devil for?’
‘Messenger,’ Gerald explained. ‘Major Gerald Alderley, I arrest you in the name of the King. I’ve seen Brewis Charvill, by the by. "Is that all? Then learn
from me that your hopes are visionary as their foundation. What is your father's business?"
The question was an impertinence, but Ruth was not aware of that. "Good-bye!"
For a moment Ruth was tempted to fling herself against the withered bosom; but
long since she had learned repression. If ever I did meet a man I could
love, I should love him”—her voice dropped again—“platonically. Only in the sunshine; they would not answer my whistle on cloudy days. Too skilled to advertise their presence by a show of
arms and men. "
Jonathan's eyes glistened as he told over the notes. She saw herself building up a life upon that
—a life restrained, kindly, beautiful, a little pathetic and altogether dignified; a
life of great disciplines and suppressions and extensive reserves. Her efforts were vain. "I am
accounted a fair shot, as well as a tolerable swordsman, and I will give proof of
my skill in both lines, should occasion require it.
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