She thought of leaving the Beck
house less and less these days, though the suitcase
remained packed underneath her creaky bed. She could
hear him from the lower floor as he locked the gates and
drew up the wooden part of the bridge. Had
he had the child to think of, he might have recovered from his grief at Mary’s
death. In the pause she realized the attention of the others converged upon
her, and that the tears were brimming over her eyes. He shrugged and, to Gerald’s relief, made to
leave at last. Listen, it is I. ’
‘Ah, but there’s the little matter of your presence here,’ said Gerald on a note
of apology. I—well, I lost my temper. ”
“I am very much afraid,” Anna answered, “that it was. 1. Hill’s first
night back amongst us, too. You
can’t possibly understand!”
He began a confused explanation, a perplexing contradictory apology for his
urgency and wrath. ”
“You know, Mr. Wood set off at full speed
from the Mint, and, hurrying he scarce knew whither (for there was such a
continual buzzing in his ears and dancing in his eyes, as almost to take away the
power of reflection), he held on at a brisk pace till his strength completely failed
him.
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