Then came the
shock of the knowledge that soon he would be going upon his way, that there
would be no one to depend upon her; and all the old loneliness came smothering
down upon her again. “I do
not wish to make impertinent inquiries into your private life. A few feet away, across the low vases of pink
and white roses, sat Annabel, more beautiful to-night perhaps than ever before in
her life. ”
Part 9
She was sitting brooding over her fire about ten o’clock that night when a
sealed and registered envelope was brought up to her. “Unless you have an appointment, which you haven’t,” he said, “you’ll only
waste your time here. He would
teach her all he knew of life so that if the Hand should ever reach his shoulder,
she would be able to defend herself. " Which was literally the truth. ’ She gestured at his
hand, on which Roding’s makeshift bandage had been replaced by a more
efficient one. ’
She halted, her pistol still held firm and straight, both hands gripping it, her
expressive features at once determined and uncertain. With a cry of distress, she
dropped the pistol and flew after him, racing past him to the door. He would know her address to-morrow. "A bad girl?" She put the question as she would have put any question—leveleyed and level-toned. To him she had always appeared as a mere pleasure-loving
parasite—something quite insignificant.
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