She had mentioned the address where she and her
sister had lived. ’
Gerald tutted. She looked
at the white ankle socks on her feet and was reminded
simultaneously of her pajama outfit and the suitcase that
still lay underneath the bed. ”
“But you thought you could forget him. Left alone with Edgeworth Bess, Jack burst into a loud laugh of exultation. 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. His features
were regular, and finely-formed; his complexion bright and blooming,—a little
shaded, however, by travel and exposure to the sun; and, with a praiseworthy
contempt for the universal and preposterous fashion then prevailing, of
substituting a peruke for the natural covering of the head, he allowed his own
dark-brown hair to fall over his shoulders in ringlets as luxuriant as those that
distinguished the court gallant in Charles the Second's days—a fashion, which
we do not despair of seeing revived in our own days. Passing thought. Fortescue?”
“At your service. ” She
replied informally. What can she be? The wife of a country
tradesman, or a duchess? And such a meek little husband too.
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