CHAPTER XVI
Ah cum began to worry. I got to have you under
guard in the gatehouse, I can see that. For it was not a good thing
to like one man too much when one was going to marry another. What had she to do with such as these?
She had hard work to keep a smiling face, as Mrs. ‘Gérard—’
‘What now?’ he asked, rife with suspicion. How came you, Sir," he continued, addressing
Sheppard, "to venture upon that frame. ’
‘Listen. It is not
possible for us to be on friendly terms with a young man who has been seen in a
public place, having supper alone with your sister after midnight. ‘Now what?’
The guard jerked his head up the corridor. "You lie!"
Head down, fists doubled, Spurlock rushed: only to be met with a kick which
was intended for the groin but which struck the thigh instead. “I thought I saw her in town to-day,” he said.
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