"Oh no—no! You say this to terrify me—to try me. What happened between Ruth and her father that made him hurry
off without passing ordinary courtesies with me?"
"I suppose I ought to tell you," said Spurlock; "but it is understood that Ruth
shall never know the truth. Then as she drew nearer paint showed upon her face,
and a harsh purpose behind the quiet expression of her open countenance, and a
sort of unreality in her splendor betrayed itself for which Ann Veronica could not
recall the right word—a word, half understood, that lurked and hid in her mind,
the word “meretricious. She was always breaking rules, whispering
asides, intimating signals. “Does he live here?” he asked her presently. Fathers are
abandoning their own children at the first sign of fever or
buboes, Gianfrancesco! Priests have abandoned their
churches. I know you’re young but I think I, no, I
know that I love you. Winifred's reception was kind, but more distant, and after the
slight ceremonial she resumed her occupation.
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