Gerald’s thoughts raced as he reached out supporting hands and murmured
meaningless phrases to soothe. . ” And Ann Veronica
at once went back with the hold-all, trying not to hurry indecently but to keep up
her dignified air of being a wronged person doing the right thing at a smart trot,
to pack. Paul’s,
were rich and wonderful with the soft sunshine of London, the softest, the finest
grained, the most penetrating and least emphatic sunshine in the world. There was no disgust in Ruth's heart, only an infinite pity; for only the
pitiful understand. Gerald smiled and excused himself with the Poussaint girl, whose mouth
pinched together as she threw a dagger glance at the voluptuous Madame
Valade. Capes was rather a discovery. . By this time, Jack's reputation had risen to such a height with the populace,—his
exploits having become the universal theme of discourse, that the streets were
almost impassable for the crowds collected to obtain a view of him. . After a while one began
to talk. ”
CHAPTER THE SEVENTH
IDEALS AND A REALITY
Part 1
And now for some weeks Ann Veronica was to test her market value in the
world. She heard the bamboo curtain rattle slightly.
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