He ushered them with an amiable flat hand into a minute
apartment with a little gas-stove, a silk crimson-covered sofa, and a bright little
table, gay with napery and hot-house flowers. “Sir John is a man of the world,” her aunt answered coldly. ”
“I know,” said Ann Veronica (fifteen pounds!). "A knowledge of the ways of men. It’s
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endearing. Has she any funds?"
"She must have. These festivities, however, were not witnessed by the newly-married pair, who
had departed immediately after the ceremony for Manchester. “Very well,” said Ann Veronica, with an air of concluding the discussion. My heart
misgives me. I don’t
defend it. "I'm a peace-officer," he added, "about to arrest a notorious criminal. But if we had gone
under—!”
They regarded one another silently, and Ann Veronica had one of her
penetrating flashes. A crutch, with a silver
handle, stood by her side, proving the state of extreme debility to which she was
reduced. It was one of those old sliding trap affairs,
narrow and steep of descent.
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