Chapter XVI
THE DISCOMFITURE OF SIR JOHN
Sir John looked from one to the other of the two sisters. The little pucker in her brows became more
perceptible. No one spoke, and she
was impelled to flounder on. "
"You know best," replied Jonathan, sneeringly; "but if I were in your place I
would take the chance of a future and uncertain risk to avoid a present and
certain peril. He sat down on the sill of the open window, folded his arms,
and stared straight before him for a long time over the wilderness of tiles and
chimney-pots into a sky that was blue and empty. ”
“I am convinced of it,” she answered. "
"I have. Horrid!’
‘Yes, but it has been extremely useful for me,’ argued Melusine, ‘so that I am
very much pleased with this passage. His clothes had evidently seen some service, and were
plentifully begrimed with the dust of the workshop. The lines about his mouth gradually
softened. Maybe it’s his loss. \"
Lucy felt her face go hot, but at the same time raised
her eyebrows, relaying a tacit acknowledgement of her
own distressed appearance. ”
“Two words only,” Hill repeated. You have
made enough sacrifices for her surely without this.
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