The Disguise. Chapter XXIX
MONTAGUE HILL PLAYS THE GAME
The man opened his eyes and looked curiously about him. “Then some of your family history is known to me. Ann Veronica wondered what her father would do if
she were to tell him the full story of her relations with Ramage. The performance
over, he relaxed and closed his eyes. If so I
shall have to leave. I
was in Lancashire, at our family seat, at the time you mention. Her father and her husband, who had both been a little pale at
their first encounter, were growing now just faintly flushed. "So has the butterfly evil thoughts. "
"I see. To witness this girl sewing on a loose button, flopping the coat about on her
knees, tickled his ironic sense of humour; and laughter bubbled into his throat. On examining his pockets, he found about twenty guineas in gold, and some
silver. ”
“By God!” said Manning, making the most of the word, “I suppose it’s fate. His back was no sooner turned, than she slipped this casket into
the box.
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