“Don’t you think I ought to?” she
asked, very submissively. You
couldn’t help it. Beneath that tree let us lie. But we were both
pledged to secrecy, and I couldn’t reveal my part for fear that I would lose my
place. And for twelve years he has been so; until his long security, well-nigh
obliterating remembrance of the deed, has bred almost a sense of innocence
within his breast. Old thoughts,
old feelings, old faces, and old scenes have returned to me, and I have fancied
myself happy,—as happy as I am now. The
young officer sat in front, his hat perfectly straight. And Gerald—
Melusine swallowed on an unaccountable lump in her throat. No, no! Not
now!"
Ruth turned abruptly and walked toward the bungalow, mounted the veranda
steps, and vanished within. A stout female stood in the aperture, an oil lamp in her hand.
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