Having accomplished his intent, Gerald let the lad go and had himself driven
back to Stratton Street. "But, what of that? It'll be a
lesson to him in future, and will show him the folly of doing a good-natured
action!"
But perceiving that his companion did not relish his pleasantry and fearing that
his sympathy for the carpenter's situation might betray him into some act of
imprudence, Jonathan, without further remark, and by way of putting an end to
the discussion, let himself drop through the roof. ”
“And in Paris——”
“In Paris,” he interrupted, “she was a very delightful companion, but beyond that
—one did not take her seriously. Wood, reproachfully, as
they returned to the parlour. It was not
a cambric curtain Ruth had drawn across that part of her life: it was of iron. ”
Annabel looked down. "
"Ship her back to her father"—sagely. Her state of mind would have seemed altogether discreditable to her
grandmother. “Sir John!” Annabel gasped. “If you wish,” he said, “I will go there in the morning and see what can be done
for him. “She means to go. “There,” he said, “you don’t treat me fairly, Miss Stanley. There was no one to be seen. ”
“But Italy—”
“Italy’s for a good girl,” he said, and laid his hand for a moment on her
shoulder.
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