” She said. Stanley, in his effort
to seem at ease, took entire possession of the hearthrug. She
opened the door to him herself. ’
Mrs Ibstock’s lips tightened and she looked away a moment. “And what on earth,” he said, “do you think
the world is made of? Why do you think I have been doing things for you? The
abstract pleasure of goodness? Are you one of the members of that great white
sisterhood that takes and does not give? The good accepting woman! Do you
really suppose a girl is entitled to live at free quarters on any man she meets
without giving any return?”
“I thought,” said Ann Veronica, “you were my friend. Shouting to his companion, even as they passed by
where I hid myself, he called out that he thought to find you at the convent. Her
body was perpetually tanned, despite the approach of
winter. Leastways, not on
your own. I’ve accustomed myself to think of you—
as if you were like every other girl who works at the schools—as something
quite outside these possibilities. If only you knew what this means to me!"
"We do, lad," replied McClintock, gravely. "
Meanwhile, the party at the table continued drinking and chatting as merrily as
before. And this utter stranger … loved him! He had no reason
to doubt McClintock's statement; the Scot had solved the riddle why Ruth
Enschede had married Howard Spurlock. ’
Gerald smiled. I believe—I
believe that I must risk it.
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