She got to the driveway and was
semi-surprised to see that his car was gone. ’
***
Martha sniffed dolefully, scrubbing at her reddened eyes with a large square of
damp linen. I’ve told them all that was necessary, but I—
wanted to ask your pardon—for having made myself a nuisance to you, and for
breaking into your rooms—and to thank you—the doctor says you bound up my
wound—or I should have bled to death. Jonathan cast a hasty glance around, to see that all was properly arranged for his
purpose; placed a chair with its back to the door; disposed the lights on the table
so as to throw the entrance of the room more into shadow; and then flung
himself into a seat to await Sir Rowland's arrival. ”
She was silent, and in the gloom of the dimly lit apartment he could not see her
face. "I wouldn't give a betel-nut for a
man who wouldn't stick to his guns, if he believed himself in the right. Here was not the individual against whom she
had been warned. Ann Veronica had no answer for a moment. "
"And I will, if I can, depend upon it," answered Sheppard, with a laugh. It seems that he was a sort of
family friend of the Pellissiers, and it was the artist sister whom he was with. His hand shook so violently that
he dropped the handkerchief; and he let it lie on the floor because he dared not
stoop. Evidently he was gazing at the dull red roofs of the city: but was he registering
what he saw? Never glance sideways at man, the old Kanaka woman had said. I’ll do it. Little woman, you have been brave
enough before.
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