Chapter XXIII
MONTAGUE HILL SEES LIGHT AT LAST
At exactly ten minutes past ten Annabel rang the bell of her sister’s flat. ‘Why?’
Melusine eyed him dubiously. But a human being who is young and clean, as you are, is
apt to ennoble—or explain away. Why do you think I’m indulging in all this
very un-English love talk?’
‘But you are idiot, Gérard. He moved slightly, and she went on, with a slight catching of her
breath: “It’s a bother and disturbance, but you see—” She had to go through with
it now, because she could think of nothing but her preconceived words. They don’t count, and I don’t care. It had
been easy to steal. Sheppard, and saw from her terrified look that she had
made the same alarming discovery as himself. It is as if my lips had been sealed about them. “All of which doesn’t help me in the slightest degree to pay back that money. Besides, I would tear out my tongue rather than let it speak her
mother's infamy. I have suffered too much from your
treachery. Lost ground must be
regained.
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