“You’re not a
man for me—not one of a sex, I mean. ’
‘Of what use to be ladylike when I cannot be a lady?’
‘None of that. He was picked up
from amongst the wreckage of a broken motor on the road to Versailles last
night, and we have information that a lady was with him only a few minutes
before the accident occurred. I care for you. Such was the effect produced upon the passengers by his good looks
and manly deportment, that few—especially of the gentler and more susceptible
sex—failed to turn round and bestow a second glance upon the handsome
stranger. Why? What is she to you?”
“I was there by accident,” Ennison answered. The vestry was perhaps the only room in the place, except her allotted
curtained off portion of the dormitory chamber that served for her cell—and she
could not scandalise the nuns by having a man in there, be he never so much a
servant—where Melusine could be sure of privacy. Were such a thing to happen again, I'd never let Mr. . He hesitated. "
"Ask them, all of them, and I will gladly answer. She went to market every day to fetch the daily bread
and more herbs for more medicines and potions, plus
treats for the apprentices made of honey and almond
paste. Her lover, Darrell, has embarked upon the Thames, where, if
he's not capsized by the squall, (for it's blowing like the devil,) he stands a good
chance of getting his throat cut by his pursuers—ha! ha! I tracked 'em to the
banks of the river, and should have followed to see it out, if the watermen hadn't
refused to take me.
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