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was a drawing that she had made in pen and ink of his
face, or what she had remembered of it. ”
“But I can’t do that. “It couldn’t be. It was easy to discern Gianfrancesco’s mood. “It—it—must come,” she faltered. The ripple of the water against the boat, as its keel cleaves
through the stream—the darkling current hurrying by—the indistinctly-seen
craft, of all forms and all sizes, hovering around, and making their way in ghostlike silence, or warning each other of their approach by cries, that, heard from
afar, have something doleful in their note—the solemn shadows cast by the
bridges—the deeper gloom of the echoing arches—the lights glimmering from
the banks—the red reflection thrown upon the waves by a fire kindled on some
stationary barge—the tall and fantastic shapes of the houses, as discerned
through the obscurity;—these, and other sights and sounds of the same character,
give a sombre colour to the thoughts of one who may choose to indulge in
meditation at such a time and in such a place. ’
‘Yes, that is Mr Brewis Charvill, as you have found out for me. ’
Trodger eyed her with suspicion. You're easy to please. So long as she stood beside him, the Hand would not prevail. It fits your style. ‘And why not?’
‘Because,’ Gerald said matter of factly, ‘convent-bred jeune demoiselles do
not commonly know how to handle either pistols or daggers. “I can’t imagine, Miss Pellissier,” Brendon said, leaning towards her, “whatever
made you think of coming to stay if only for a week at a Montague Street
boarding-house. "
"Knock him on the head," thundered Sir Cecil, "or we shall have the watch upon
us.
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