Forthwith he presented his card. “You will not object,” he said, glancing towards her, “to accepting a deposit. But now you must be quiet;
there's been too much excitement. It was, Ann Veronica felt, as a sip or so of that remarkable
blend warmed her blood, just the sort of thing that her aunt would not approve,
to be lunching thus, tete-a-tete with a man; and yet at the same time it was a
perfectly innocent as well as agreeable proceeding. It came to Spurlock suddenly that if something did
not react in his favour inside of five minutes, he was done. Do you know much of his background?’
‘Only that he is, or was, related to the Vicomte de Valade. “Frightful lot of things aren’t settled,” said Ann Veronica. She did not see the metal pole swing toward the back
of her skull, nor did she feel her own blood spoiling her
light hair after the dull crack of metal broke her flesh. The vast mirrored chamber, with its four little square window bays, two either
side of the large raised dais that led to the French doors, was very full of
company for the start of the Little Season. Advancing to the middle of the chamber, he halted, drew himself up, and fixed
his dark, expressive eyes, on Thames Darrell. She read voraciously, and presently, because of her aunt’s censorship, she
took to smuggling any books she thought might be prohibited instead of bringing
them home openly, and she went to the theatre whenever she could produce an
acceptable friend to accompany her. Without preamble, in a voice of extreme exasperation, he demanded, ‘Now
what the devil’s to do? What in God’s name do you mean by sending Gerald
such a ridiculous letter? Never read anything half as crazy. Good night.
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