‘For instance, why have you reverted to your nun’s habit for
this particular adventure?’
‘That is easy. Then she
had a baby and became as old as any really grown-up person, or older, and very
dull. He could not move; but stood like one
stupified, with his hands clasped together, and eyes almost starting out of their
sockets, fixed upon his unfortunate parent. Moving swiftly to the end of the corridor, he pushed
open a door at random and entered a large room, which looked to have been a
saloon, judging from the faded gilt and crimson wall-paper, a mirror above the
fireplace which was surrounded by an ornate gilded frame, now sadly tarnished,
and a worn Chippendale sofa with striped upholstery and tasselled cushions. ”
“There IS something sound in that position,” said Capes, intervening as if to
defend Miss Garvice against a possible attack from Ann Veronica. ”
“Excellent,” Sir John declared. From
the sounds of it, he was better off dead. ”
“You what?” she repeated incredulously. “I
heard that she had chucked her show at the French places and gone in for a
reform all round. Now the pig knew where to find her—for it would not
take long for a Catholic to locate the convent in Golden Square—even if she
escaped him here. ”
Part 3
Her mind got back to the Fadden Ball. ‘Oh, ah.
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