But I never betray an old
customer. Do you
see why I have hidden the terrible things from you? I
chose you because you are my perfect mate. ”
Annabel pulled up her veil. ‘And since the entire company and Pottiswick himself were unable to
find hide nor hair of the infernal French female—’
‘English, Hilary,’ Gerald reminded him. ‘I can’t do that. "I forgot. I told them lies. Out of these he selected a faded parchment and restored
the rest to safety. Or he would find something—a wave in her
hair, a little line in the contour of her brow or neck, that made an exquisite
discovery. "
"The woman I mean did not join the assault," rejoined the Master, "but rather
seemed to shun observation; and, from the hasty glimpse I caught of her, she
appeared to have a child in her arms. She had
just managed to reach it, grabbing for the handle, when the enemy’s cracked
command halted her. Even Capes had been for her merely an excitant to passionate love—a
mere idol at whose feet one could enjoy imaginative wallowings. One point was that she was to wear fancy dress in the likeness of a
Corsair’s bride, and the other was that she was to spend whatever vestiges of the
night remained after the dance was over in London with the Widgett girls and a
select party in “quite a decent little hotel” near Fitzroy Square.
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