Outside in the hall he paused and thoughtfully stroked his smooth blue chin. His instinct
was in the direction of considering his daughters his absolute property, bound to
obey him, his to give away or his to keep to be a comfort in his declining years
just as he thought fit. The idea of Ruth as a
talisman against misfortune—which he now recognized as a sick man's idea—
faded as his appreciation of the absurd reasserted itself. ”
The official shrugged his shoulders. ’
‘Of Leonardo? Yes, I will tell you. ” He declared that
no book could be satisfactory that left a bad taste in the mouth, however much it
seized and interested the reader at the time. "What a very remarkable thing it is," he observed, applying to his snuff-box,
"that Thames Darrell, whom we all supposed dead,"—Kneebone in his heart
sincerely wished he had been so,—"should turn out to be alive after all.
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