‘I only
wish I might have won her confidence. "
"Let me have a glass of brandy," said he, addressing the host. She
knew it was to be a long night, and her stomach turned
with the knowledge that Cathy and Larry Beck would be
waiting to pick her up after the questioning, which meant
they would be up all night despite the fact they both had
jobs to go to in the morning. ”
“Well, why not?” Lady Lescelles asked, smiling. I'm speaking of virtuous women—of WIVES, Madam. His invalid wife and her
money had been only the thin thread that held his life together; beaded on that
permanent relation had been an inter-weaving series of other feminine
experiences, disturbing, absorbing, interesting, memorable affairs. He was a civil servant of some
standing, and after a previous conversation upon aesthetics of a sententious,
nebulous, and sympathetic character, he had sent her a small volume, which he
described as the fruits of his leisure and which was as a matter of fact rather
carefully finished verse. ”
He repeated several times that he would trust her, though it remained obscure
just exactly where the trust came in. “I’ve never been prone to
them. Forgive me?” She
pleaded. CHAPTER XX. “Indeed!” Anna answered indifferently. On the groundfloor the shutters were closed, or, to
speak more correctly, altogether nailed up, and presented a very singular
appearance, being patched all over with the soles of old shoes, rusty hobnails,
and bits of iron hoops, the ingenious device of the former occupant of the
apartment, Paul Groves, the cobbler, to whom we have before alluded. Glancing around his prison, he began
to think it possible he might effect an escape from it.
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