Part 2
Now, while Ann Veronica was taking these soundings in the industrial sea,
and measuring herself against the world as it is, she was also making extensive
explorations among the ideas and attitudes of a number of human beings who
seemed to be largely concerned with the world as it ought to be. "I have
nothing to forgive. ’
‘No, perhaps not,’ Gerald agreed with a smile. I ate only enough to keep body and soul together. And such skirts as Ann Veronica had had
when she entered the valley of Saas were safely packed away in the hotel, and
she wore a leather belt and loose knickerbockers and puttees—a costume that
suited the fine, long lines of her limbs far better than any feminine walking-dress
could do. What he did not know was
this: Ruth surrendered these little secrets because the doctor had warned her that
the patient must be amused and interested. With a
little more meat on him, he would be handsome. The conceit of Howard Spurlock in imagining he knew what mental suffering
was! But Enschede was right: Ruth must never know. He had finally put aside The Lilac
Sunbonnet, gone into his study, lit the gas fire, and written the letter that had
brought these unsatisfactory relations to a head. God forgive
you!"
"May He, indeed, forgive me!" returned Trenchard, crossing himself devoutly;
"but my guilt is not the less heavy, because your child escaped.
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