He
had had five children at irregular intervals, of whom Ann Veronica was the
youngest, so that as a parent he came to her perhaps a little practised and jaded
and inattentive; and he called her his “little Vee,” and patted her unexpectedly
and disconcertingly, and treated her promiscuously as of any age between eleven
and eight-and-twenty. “Remember that the man will
probably die. She had been quite convinced that an
engagement with him and at last a marriage had exactly that quality of
compromise which distinguishes the ways of the wise. Manning relinquished his cup, and looked meaningly at Ann Veronica. ‘Civilian peace-keeping
forces, you know. She
shuddered, adding confidentially, ‘You wouldn’t get me in there now, mind. ‘I have
said that I will tell you nothing of this soi-disant Valade. “Parmesan—take it away!”
He glanced at Ann Veronica’s face, and it seemed to him that she really was
exceptionally radiant. ”
“It seems so—so unworthy”—she picked among her phrases “of the noble
love you give—”
She stopped, through the difficulty she found in expressing herself. In a flash, Melusine had jumped forward and clamped it to the floor with
one booted foot. Anna herself opened the hall door.
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