Aunt Jane had her quiet moments. Whatever she does is minimized. It seemed to her in her restored geniality that she
liked Manning extremely. He glanced at Ruth (who had stood with her back
to the wall, pinned there throughout the contest by terror and the knowledge of
her own helplessness), then at the bronze menace, and calculated correctly that
this particular adventure was finished. She reminded
him of his linnet, when he gave the bird the freedom of the house: it became
filled with a wild gaiety which bordered on madness. Then, when the tension was getting unendurable, and she was on the verge of
speaking to some casual passer-by and demanding help, her follower vanished. After he had eaten dinner with Ruth, he
had gone to McClintock's; and he had heard music such as he had heard only in
the great concert halls. Nothing could have been farther from Melusine’s mind. "Auntie?" he cried. What CAN she put before that?” His voice began
to rise. His name was
Marvel, and his avocation, which was as repulsive as his looks, was that of
public executioner. ”
“I am sorry,” said Ann Veronica. ’
‘And you are of a disposition entirely untruthful,’ retorted Gerald. E. Ann Veronica, with a sigh at the cost of
hospitality, made a hasty negotiation for an extra tea and for a fire in the groundfloor apartment, and preened herself carefully for the interview.
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