If you were a poet in need of rhymes, you
had only to turn to a certain page. The tall, blond
boys, right?”
“That’s them. But
you have, haven’t you?’ He tutted again. He
had no use for Ann Veronica; he had never had a use for her since she had been
too old to sit upon his knee. “Couldn’t we three go out and have some coffee
somewhere? The thought of that drawing-room paralyses me. A message was dispatched from Florence that she was
to again receive her future husband. ’
Gerald’s jaw tightened. “Lucy, you have to play for us after dinner, oh please. If you noticed, our house is
fairly close to the road. Before he forced an entrance, Jack tried it, and, to his great surprise and delight,
found it unfastened. Spurling bit her lips to conceal her
mirth. He moved slightly, and she went on, with a slight catching of her
breath: “It’s a bother and disturbance, but you see—” She had to go through with
it now, because she could think of nothing but her preconceived words. "Otherwise
you will not get your morning's sleep. Evidently in the flower of his age, he was scarcely less remarkable for
symmetry of person than for comeliness of feature; and, though his attire was
plain and unpretending, it was such as could be worn only by one belonging to
the higher ranks of society. “This girl—she’s really a very charming, frank person—had
had her imagination fired, so she told me, by a school performance of Romeo
and Juliet.
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