Fast and Loose
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XXIII. And Ann Veronica walked
beside him, trying in vain to soften her heart to him by the thought of how she
had ill-used him, and all the time, as her feet and mind grew weary together,
rejoicing more and more that at the cost of this one interminable walk she
escaped the prospect of—what was it?—“Ten thousand days, ten thousand
nights” in his company. It was one of the most educational disillusionments in Ann Veronica’s career. —Your father, Sir Montacute Trenchard, who
had been a loyal subject of King James the Second, and borne arms in his
service, on the abdication of that monarch, turned his back upon the Stuarts, and
would never afterwards recognise their claims to the crown. "Yes—what do you mean, Ma'am?" added Jack, staggering after her. ’
‘I imagine it must be a relief to you, after so lucky an escape.
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