Wood strained his eyes to catch a glimpse of the flying
skiff. ‘You do not dare look in my clothes. ” Ann Veronica sat at the foot of
the sufferer’s bed, while Teddy Widgett, being something of an athlete, occupied
the only bed-room chair—a decadent piece, essentially a tripod and largely a
formality—and smoked cigarettes, and tried to conceal the fact that he was
looking all the time at Ann Veronica’s eyebrows. She resolved
not to allow him or her hunger detract from the
performance at hand, as it would be a special one, an
evening to be remembered in the gray days to follow like
a precious jewel. Wanted her out of
the way because he had been afraid of her, afraid of himself! He, at fifty-four!
Then into this void poured a flaming anger, a blind and unreasoning anger. All these things spoke of
peace;—but there are seasons when the pleasantest external influences have a
depressing effect on the mind, by painfully recalling past happiness. . If you had any
idea what depths people have sunken to as you reside
safely in this high fortress, you would search your soul to
find the mote of charity left there. ”
Ann Veronica turned her back on the Michaelmas daisies, and faced toward
the house with an air of a duty completed.
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