But I do hope, Vee, I do
hope—this is the end of these adventures. "My son," she murmured, wringing her hands piteously—, "my son the
companion of thieves! My son in Jonathan Wild's power! It cannot be. Then suddenly he seized a new
preparation bottle that stood upon his table and contained the better part of a
week’s work—a displayed dissection of a snail, beautifully done—and hurled it
across the room, to smash resoundingly upon the cemented floor under the
bookcase; then, without either haste or pause, he swept his arm along a shelf of
re-agents and sent them to mingle with the debris on the floor. The party resolved itself for Ann Veronica into a
game in which she manoeuvred unostentatiously and finally unsuccessfully to
avoid talking alone with this gentleman. She fought the
inclination for a while, then surrendered. It was quite an unexpected pleasure
to meet you and your worthy father. I am
not going to be a chorus girl, or even a super. The person, shortly afterwards ushered into the room, seemed by the imperfect
light,—for the evening was advancing, and the chamber darkened by heavy
drapery,—to be a middle-sized middle-aged man, of rather vulgar appearance,
but with a very shrewd aspect. He stood back, smiling with an air of proprietorship, and looking about him at
the business-like equipment of the room. "
"I am at a loss to understand you Sir,", said Trenchard. She was now permitted freely to study the face. “I confess it. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. Pramlay, a sister of the Morningside Park doctor,
and a very active and useful member of the Committee of the Impoverished
Gentlewomen’s Aid Society.
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