Sheppard, whose distress at the consumption of the provisions had been
somewhat allayed by the anticipation of the intruder's departure after he had
satisfied his appetite, was now terrified in the extreme by seeing a light
approach, and hearing footsteps on the stairs. He’s a
prig to the finger-tips, is Sir John—doesn’t know what an artist is. He stalked her, he stared at her, he craved her,
he sidled slinking and propitiatory and yet relentlessly toward her, until at last
she awoke from the suffocating nightmare nearness of his approach, and lay
awake in fear and horror listening to the unaccustomed sounds of the hotel. Wood uttered something like an imprecation. One day
she had thrown all the gifts into the lagoon, and visited the secret nook no more. "She is saying that you, a woman, will readily
understand the position in which she finds herself. After listening
attentively for a short time without drawing breath, he became convinced that his
apprehensions were groundless, and, greatly relieved, sat down upon the chair to
rest himself and prepare for further efforts. ”
“It convinced Mr. His course, however,
was no longer interrupted, and he crept on. . ‘I
am far from imagining anything of the kind. I wonder if some of them did—and it didn’t get
reported.
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