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Not a little perplexed by the mysterious object she had seen, Rachel left the
room, and, shortly afterwards returned with the materials of a tolerably good
supper;—to wit, a couple of cold fowls, a tongue, the best part of a sirloin of
beef, a jar of pickles, and two small dishes of pastry. She watched as his headlights flooded the driveway
and many minutes after his car was gone. “I wish you didn’t. She made a curious movement toward
her niece, then suddenly, convulsively, she dabbed down something lumpy on
the table and turned to follow her brother. ‘You do not say, “I am a gentleman born. No matter what the fire
and force of his passion, it falters eventually, and forever after smoulders or goes
out. ’
‘Indeed? Interesting. All this—
the island and its affairs—was an old story; but her own peculiar distaste had
vanished to a point imperceptible, for she was seeing the island through her
husband's eyes, as in the future she would see all things. His most eager
inquiries and most lavish bribes could gain no further information than that she
had left for England, and that her address was—London. Eh bien, we shall see. Time wore on somewhat slowly with the
prisoner, who had to control his impatience in the best way he could; but as the
shades of evening were darkening, the door was unlocked, and Mr.
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