Few approached the émigrés directly, preferring to stare covertly from behind
their fans, while pretending to admire the simple elegance of Lady Bicknacre’s
neo-classical refurbishments. “May I be allowed to say,” he declared, “that I came here with the same
intention. Gerald would certainly have demanded back his sword. —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. Aware that they would not be allowed to remain long unmolested,
the New Minters conducted themselves so outrageously, and with such
extraordinary insolence, that measures were at this time being taken for their
effectual suppression. . Two persons, besides the clergyman and sexton,
alone attended the ceremony. According to Lucilla, this comtesse had constituted herself something of a
social leader in the rapidly growing assemblage of refugees, and would
undoubtedly be ready to introduce an eligible bachelor appropriately. "
"You were born on the island?"
"I believe so. And in the
Avenue she had an encounter with Ramage. She put her
mouth on him. ’
With satisfaction, Gerald noted that her voice was hopelessly unsteady and
drove home his advantage.
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