”
“There is something mystical and wonderful about all human beings. But that still left the forty pounds!. Just
this? Parbleu, did he think this was enough? She did not wish to marry him—at
least, not just because he was an Englishman. What lends a tragic mockery to all these tender traps of hers was that she
was within lawful bounds. ” She slipped it on her finger, and
added, in a voice she tried to make matter-of-fact: “It was given to me last
week. ”
She laughed. God! I have cheated
myself into a belief that the boy perished! And now my worst fears are realized
—he lives!"
"As yet," returned Jonathan, with fearful emphasis. But Sheppard took no notice of the exclamation. Gerald noted the lady’s eyes brighten as she caught sight of him making his
way through the throng towards her. It was nearly one o’clock; but there
were lights still in all her windows. "
"Do not talk thus, dear mother," returned Jack, gazing anxiously at her pale
countenance, "or I shall not be able to quit you. “For instance?”
She smiled. She would rend him limb from limb like a
fiend if only she could move.
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