The loneliness of the place somewhat depressed
her. The gentleman
catched him i' th' fact, and we shut him up for safety i' that pris'n. Still he had a decent look,
and decidedly the air of one well-to-do in the world. ‘What
now?’
‘Now,’ she answered flatly, ‘you will please to tell me at once why you have
come here. ’
‘But what age are you? Do you not require an heir?’ Melusine asked, her tone
shocked. “And what on earth,” he said, “do you think
the world is made of? Why do you think I have been doing things for you? The
abstract pleasure of goodness? Are you one of the members of that great white
sisterhood that takes and does not give? The good accepting woman! Do you
really suppose a girl is entitled to live at free quarters on any man she meets
without giving any return?”
“I thought,” said Ann Veronica, “you were my friend. To settle things, you know. Challenge accepted. “You are talking like a boy. ’
‘For God’s sake,’ protested his junior. It was an
unspoken curfew in the Beck house on week nights.
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