He seemed to do ten things before she could think to do one, to leap upon her
and take possession. 1. John introduced the tall boy. ’
‘Sit down, Hilary,’ ordered Lucilla, and to Gerald’s amusement, her betrothed
did so, perching on the desk close by and staring fixedly at the major. He held her hand in his, cupped together like a pair
of shells for the rest of the hour. Answering him
was agonizing. ’
‘They wear a uniform, do they not? They march and fight with swords and
shoot with guns, no?’
‘Well, yes,
miss. Pause. ”
“Right,” he answered. She was particularly charmed by his theory of friendship. With his tongue
lolling and his flea-bitten stump wagging apologetically, he glanced from face to
face to see if there was any forgiveness visible. "
"I can't. Now that she was his, to make or mar, she presented an extraordinary
fascination. Blank commissions, signed by the prince, to be filled up by the name of the
person, who could raise a troop for his service, were liberally bestowed.
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