. In the retrospect she was amazed to think how things had gone to pieces, for at
the outset she had been quite prepared to go home again upon terms. “Of course,” she said diffidently, “this is a boarding-house, although we never
take in promiscuous travellers. “Lift up one corner of the
curtain for me. ”
He was a little uneasy. ’
Chapter Five
‘Now then, young Jack,’ Gerald said, turning to the lad, who was sitting in the
place lately vacated by his self-appointed mistress, but in a state of far less
relaxation. “Frightful lot of things aren’t settled,” said Ann Veronica. Imagine her, putting herself to all this delay and
inconvenience for a young wastrel she did not know and who, the moment he
got on his feet, would doubtless pass out of her life without so much as Thank
you! And it was ten to one that she would not comprehend the ingratitude. She was a large, resilient girl, with
a foolish smile, a still more foolish expression of earnestness, and a throaty
contralto voice. And were you to load me with thrice the weight of iron you
have ordered you should not prevent my escaping a third time. I wouldn't accept my life
from him. Her
eyebrows were lifted in expostulation. In the rush of commuters he did not
see her boarding his train. She had
discussed the general question of supplies with the helpful landlady. Thus, you see, I've never hesitated and never shall hesitate to expose my life
where anything is to be gained.
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