”
“I’m a married man. ”
He paced the room for a minute or two restlessly. Unobserved, she knelt and kissed the threshold: for she knew what kisses were
now. A physiognomist, indeed, would
have likened him to that crafty animal, and it must be owned the general
formation of his features favoured such a comparison. "
Prudence felt the hands stiffen oddly; and again the thought came to her that
perhaps this poor child's father had once been, perhaps still was, in the same
category as this Taber. Grudgingly
he admired her. The sun was all
but gone now, the horizon a deep shade of purple. . Ann Veronica looked down at her fingers on the claret-colored table-cloth. ”
CHAPTER THE TWELFTH
ANN VERONICA PUTS THINGS IN ORDER
Part 1
Ann Veronica made a strenuous attempt to carry out her good resolutions. I
cannot think he will welcome a French émigré for his granddaughter. It seemed to show a want of affection, to be a deliberate and unmerited
disregard, to justify the reprisal of being hurt. ”
“Please tell me why?” she asked.
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