She
had thought—What had she thought? That this dependence of women was but an
illusion which needed only to be denied to vanish. I'll lay my life he's gone. ”
“The explanation seems to me to be reasonably simple,” Annabel said coldly. "
At luncheon, preoccupied in thought, Spurlock did not notice the pallor on
Ruth's cheeks or the hunted look in her eyes. Just then—I was nervous. She gathered her black purse, a pointless thing
made of cardboard covered in sateen and bejeweled with
an assortment of rhinestones. He hesitated. ‘And I don’t mind telling
you it goes agin’ the grain with me to let you go free and all, missie. The weather's been foul
enough for the last fortnight, but I've never turned my back upon it. He is in Newgate. ’
She saw suspicion darken his gaze. Ann Veronica looked up at him and found him regarding her with eyes that
were almost woebegone, and into which, indeed, he was trying to throw much
more expression than they could carry. "
"We waste time with this fellow," interposed Sir Cecil, "and may lose the object
of our quest, who, beyond doubt, has taken refuge in this building. However,
I'd rather have a blow from the daughter than the mother.
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