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“You certainly got him in the bag. But that
possibility had been anticipated. ’
‘I am not the imbecile you take me for,’ Gerald said with dangerous calm. Sir John, by instinct and training, was an unimaginative person. The intruder was handsomely, even richly, attired in a scarlet riding-suit,
embroidered with gold; a broad belt, to which a hanger was attached, crossed his
shoulders; his boots rose above his knee, and he carried a laced hat in his hand. And more boys die than girls, so that the real
disproportion among adults is even greater. “And yet I wonder whether the world ever
held such another enigma in her sex. Nothing has been touched since. ‘Inside, miss!’
‘But what is it?’
‘Quick! We need the major. I’ve never had a homemade
Thanksgiving meal like that. ’
‘Just what I thought, miss. In a moment or two, Madame Valade recovered her sangfroid. His fears supplied him with unwonted vigour. One called her very distinctly “My dear!”
Two secretarial posts did indeed seem to offer themselves in which, at least,
there was no specific exclusion of womanhood; one was under a Radical
Member of Parliament, and the other under a Harley Street doctor, and both men
declined her proffered services with the utmost civility and admiration and
terror.
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