Wood was
dressed with more than ordinary care, and in more than ordinary finery. ’
Captain Roding grinned. "
"A friend is not so soon gained as lost," replied Wood; "but how has the
prediction been fulfilled, Joan, eh?"
"I thought you would have guessed, Sir," replied the widow, timidly. They turned off at Glen Grove, a sleepy town of less
than two hundred. ”
“But why didn’t you prohibit once for all the whole thing? How dared she tell
you that?”
“Out of defiance. Why? He could preach the Word and
deny Love!—tame the savage heart, succour broken white men!—pray with his
face strained with religious fervour! The idea made her dizzy because it was so
inexplicable. But I was sorry for poor Jack—as I
am still, and hoped he would mend. What sort of proof? There are no
papers at Remenham House. Through that she
had to go. He refrained from pointing out that the case
would be exactly the same if she was not a lady. Presently he felt motion. To his consternation,
she was holding an unwieldy, ugly-looking pistol, all wood and tarnished steel,
with both hands about the butt. Her momentary instinct was
to run to him and be comforted, like the old times.
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