. CHAPTER XXX. It was a sickening process, and the sucking sound was
sure to wake up Ray’s mother. ‘I assure you it suits her as Mary would not. Great stone staircases leading no one knew whither, and long
gloomy passages, impressed the occasional visitor with the idea that he was
traversing a building of vast extent; and, though this was not the case in reality,
the deception was so cleverly contrived that it seldom failed of producing the
intended effect. It was
instantly burst open, when the horrible stench that issued from it convinced them
that it must be a receptacle for the murdered victims of the thief-taker. My sister was scarcely likely to make a mistake. ‘Again you seek to interfere in my affairs?’
‘I did warn you I had every intention of doing so,’ said Gerald. “How odd that I should almost spring into your arms just on my doorstep!” she
remarked gaily. “I can’t help saying it,” she said, with the
quality of her voice altering, “but I do NOT think it is right for an unprotected
girl to be in London alone as you are. “I can sing the songs ‘Alcide’ sang, and
in the same style. And this utter stranger … loved him! He had no reason
to doubt McClintock's statement; the Scot had solved the riddle why Ruth
Enschede had married Howard Spurlock. “But it’s a long business.
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