’
‘Indeed?’ Gerald said politely. ”
“How much do you owe them?”
She knew forty pounds was a quite impossible sum for their neighbors. She went into shock. Why? Because he knew that when these two young
people left, the island would become intolerable. “Does he never speak to you of—of old times?” she faltered. She continued to fan herself. She had never even brought a friend home in
her time at the Becks, let alone been asked on dates. ”
“I have denied it,” she answered. If it were but
the question of his reason for marrying her, the solution would have been simple. To-night the subtle
suggestiveness of those few daring lines, fascinating in their very simplicity, the
head thrown back, the half-closed eyes—the inner meaning of the great artist
seemed to come to him with a rush. ’
‘Ah, the matter begins to come clear,’ Gerald said. The picture might easily apply to The Tigress:
outwardly disreputable, but richly and comfortably appointed below. ‘Only perhaps I can more readily do so if you will put down that
pistol.
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