Then suddenly he seized a new
preparation bottle that stood upon his table and contained the better part of a
week’s work—a displayed dissection of a snail, beautifully done—and hurled it
across the room, to smash resoundingly upon the cemented floor under the
bookcase; then, without either haste or pause, he swept his arm along a shelf of
re-agents and sent them to mingle with the debris on the floor. Gosse had come to Blaye, so he had said, feeling it his duty as the
vicomte’s erstwhile secretary to deliver the fateful tidings, bringing with him one
of the servant girls, Yolande, who had also escaped the fury of the mob. He had offered to escort the young lady to England where
she might seek refuge with her relations there, and proposed that the maid
Yolande might serve Miss Charvill. I want to go
to that because it’s a new experience, because I think it will be interesting and
give me a view of things. That she possessed any sense of humour was in itself one of those
human miracles which metaphysicians are always pothering over without
arriving anywhere; for her previous environment had been particularly
humourless. One of the reasons why I
decline to talk is this: that boy's punishment will be enough. "
Sir Rowland made no reply, but angrily quickened his pace. She resolved to go
into the City to Ramage and ask for his advice. It is
only a matter of time before he presents himself to whoever has the deeds to
Remenham House—a lawyer I presume—and claims that property for his
wife’s. Perhaps she would have to charge this man and appear
in a police-court next day. . The release was so great that she felt
tears spring from her eyes. “Well, what is it?”
“Montague Hill is recovering consciousness,” he said. 150
“Homely.
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