"
"All right. His initial nervousness had already abated, and it took
some valour to allow himself to become embroiled in Melusine’s crazy schemes. Moving swiftly to the end of the corridor, he pushed
open a door at random and entered a large room, which looked to have been a
saloon, judging from the faded gilt and crimson wall-paper, a mirror above the
fireplace which was surrounded by an ornate gilded frame, now sadly tarnished,
and a worn Chippendale sofa with striped upholstery and tasselled cushions. "
"Oh, dear! how I should like to see him. "Can you not love him?"
"Love him!" echoed the widow. Before leaving the place he
looked upwards, and could just discern the blue vault and pale stars of Heaven
through an iron grating at the top. Opening a pair of large black eyes, the child fixed them for an instant
upon Wood, and then, alarmed by the light, uttered a low and melancholy cry,
which, however, was speedily stilled by the caresses of his mother, towards
whom he extended his tiny arms, as if imploring protection. CHAPTER II.
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