"Ay, indeed! And who may that be?" inquired his wife. “I have given her two days’ holiday,” Anna answered. He sent a speculative glance at the
immobile yellow face. In her little sitting-room she turned on the electric light and looked
around half fearfully. Of what use was the temporary set-back to memory, when it
always returned with redoubled poignancy?
Then came another thought, astonishing. ”
“Why not?”
“Free woman—and equal. It was high afternoon, there was no great throng of footpassengers, and many an eye from omnibus and pavement rested gratefully on
her fresh, trim presence as she passed young and erect, with the light of
determination shining through the quiet self-possession of her face. If I could but——”
To escape from her thoughts she began to undress, humming a light tune to
herself, though her eyes were hot with unshed tears, and the sobs kept rising in
her throat. ” She
stated boldly. After all, what did it matter?—it or anything else in the world? She was
within reach of his arms, beautiful, compelling, herself as it seemed suddenly
conscious of the light which was burning in his eyes. His figure was uncommonly slim even
for his age, which could not be more than thirteen; and the looseness of his garb
made him appear thinner than he was in reality. "Fire! That was what drew me to you in
the beginning. Wood
fancied he heard the exulting laugh of Jonathan Wild.
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