’
‘You see,’ Melusine explained between mouthfuls of food, ‘poor Marthe had
promised to my father that she will say nothing. So, adroitly and
patiently, he pulled Ruth apart; that is, he plucked forth a little secret here,
another there, until he had quite a substantial array. As usual the substantive sister—Prudence—did all the talking for the pair;
Angelina, the shadow, offered only her submitting nods. Which, if we are not all of us very careful indeed, will be stolen from Miss
Charvill. Earles would
permit. All the party were greatly interested by Sheppard's history—
especially Figg, who laughed loud and long at the escape from the Condemned
Hold. "The shoulder-clappers!" added a lady, who, in her anxiety to join the party, had
unintentionally substituted her husband's nether habiliments for her own
petticoats.
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