She thought of him as
always courteous and helpful, as realizing, indeed, his ideal of protection and
service, as chivalrously leaving her free to live her own life, rejoicing with an
infinite generosity in every detail of her irresponsive being. ‘That is good,’ she said with satisfaction, ‘for I was compelled on Saturday to
abandon the chase. ’
Noting the twinkle in her great-aunt’s eye, Melusine forebore to comment,
grateful to Lucilla for adjuring Captain Roding to give an account of himself. He
would ask her to come to dinner with him in some little Italian or semiBohemian restaurant in the district toward Soho, or in one of the more stylish
and magnificent establishments about Piccadilly Circus, and for the most part
she did not care to refuse. It's almost
incredible. Given time
and the right environment, and he would outgrow these defects. ’
‘But if you have not seen him, then he has certainly escaped. You
will never be happy with this hanging over you. Why do
women take to lies and deceit and trickery as naturally as a duck to water?”
“You are not alluding, I hope, to Miss Pellissier?” Ennison said stiffly. My trouble is with your sister. “It
seems to me all madness—madness! Just because your father—wouldn’t let you
disobey him!”
Part 3
In the afternoon the task of expostulation was taken up by Mr.
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