“I don’t understand. His eyes were narrow with
desire like a panther’s as he grinned at seeing her visibly
satisfied. ‘In the bookroom, sir,’ answered the man, his eyes round as they took in the
furious beauty at the visitor’s side. Sheppard, struggling to escape, and holding the infant
at arm's length; "have mercy on this helpless innocent!"
And the child, alarmed by the strife, added its feeble cries to its mother's shrieks. “MY DEAR MISS STANLEY,” it began,—“I hope you will forgive my
bothering you with a letter, but I have been thinking very much over our
conversation at Lady Palsworthy’s, and I feel there are things I want to say to
you so much that I cannot wait until we meet again. The close-fitting round gown, if a little oldfashioned with its very narrow waist and wide skirts, was becoming on a full
figure, and the low décolletage, unencumbered by any form of covering, exposed
a good deal of bosom. Here was an instrument which might be of the
greatest service to him in accomplishing his design. You are an artist by the Divine right
of birth, but whatever form of expression may come to you at some time it will
not be painting. ’
‘But me orders, sir? Are we to—’
‘Gad, but that’s her,’ interrupted Roding suddenly. This—this shatters a world!”
She tried to feel sorry, but her sense of his immense egotism was strong and
clear. Then she glanced at the cards again, over which her aunt’s
many-ringed hand played, and then at the rather weak, rather plump face that
surveyed its operations. ’
‘I would have done, only you threatened to blow off my head,’ Gerald
reminded her, laughing.
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