There was a gallows erected, and a great mob round it—thousands of
people, and all with white faces like corpses. “Would YOU like us—if some one told you the bare outline of our story?—
and what we are doing?”
“I shouldn’t mind,” said Ann Veronica. "Precisely. "
The stranger said nothing, but hastily brushed away a tear. He divorced her. . Supper was quickly served; the oldest
bottle of wine was brought from the cellar; the strongest barrel of ale was
tapped; but not one of the party could eat or drink—their hearts were too full. “I wonder,” said Ann Veronica at last, “if I am beautiful? I wonder if I shall
ever shine like a light, like a translucent goddess?—
“I wonder—
“I suppose girls and women have prayed for this, have come to this—In
Babylon, in Nineveh. Go on and tell me. ’
He held his hands out of the way, surrendering his chest for her assault. To be jeune demoiselle, it is not always convenient. I am far
too much the gentleman. They would suffer amazing hardships to hunt the snow-leopard;
but in the Temple of Five Hundred Gods they would not take the trouble to ask
the name of one!
But this girl, she was alone. "When it thunders, the thief becomes honest," muttered Wood.
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