He growled in his throat and, thrusting his coat open, revealed his own
buckled sword-belt. “Oh, I wouldn’t be so sure about that. Day by day she followed the
spiritual and physical contest between this man and woman. ’
‘Oh, she is English?’ repeated Alderley, interest perking up. “She’s proclaimed
herself queen of the school. ’
Gerald laughed, and turned back to Melusine, who was frowning again. They’re just all men, and no one is
safe from scandal. “He couldn’t look me in the face and say it,” said Ann
Veronica. 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. “You must answer me, Annabel,” she continued. Wood, whose admiration for masculine beauty was by no means abated,
glanced at the well-proportioned figure of the young man, and made him a very
civil salutation. A pretty piece. Is all your
house on the same scale of magnificence as this, Annabel?” she asked, looking
round. One
of his chair coolies had witnessed the transportation of Spurlock by stretcher to
the sampan in the canal.
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