It was, Ann Veronica felt, as a sip or so of that remarkable
blend warmed her blood, just the sort of thing that her aunt would not approve,
to be lunching thus, tete-a-tete with a man; and yet at the same time it was a
perfectly innocent as well as agreeable proceeding. Manning? I suppose there’s a sort of place like a ticket-office. Stop it!”
Anna stepped back bewildered, but the man held out his arms to her. . It seemed to her at this moment that there was nothing
left for her to do. Manning, with a baffling smile. Out of sight of that tell-tale window, the two officers darted across the
grounds, speedily gaining the lee of the mansion walls. The drunken beachcombers; the one-sided education; the utter loneliness of a
white child without playfellows, human or animal, without fairy stories, who for
days was left alone while the father visited neighbouring islands, these pictures
sank far below their actual importance. “Am I hurting you?” She asked. He had the same
dark eyes, though lighted by a fierce flame; the same sallow complexion; the
same tall, thin figure, and majestic demeanour; the same proud cast of features. “Dinner is served, m’m,” said the efficient parlor-maid in the archway, and the
worst was over.
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