Nor, he would wager, had the heroic Monsieur Valade, who had rescued
her from that life and brought her to England, taught her in that short time all
that Gerald was certain she knew of men. The shouts drew nearer, and lights were seen flashing
ruddily against the sides and gables of the neighbouring houses. ‘Then it is that you will have pity? Here we have
come, we poor, for aid. His
vicious abusiveness vanished. He smiled at Ruth as she turned away from the bed, smiled
with both his mouth and eyes; and she knew that here would be a man of heart as
well as of science. What he needed most in this hour was a bottle of American rye-whisky and a
friendly American bar-keep to talk to. "You will finish your education in the East and return. It would not be
possible otherwise to live in daily contact with this level-eyed, lovely girl
without loving her. For his own part he could not sufficiently admire the pluck of this
lady, who, notwithstanding all that she had been through, had chosen to appear
this evening rather than break her engagement. Her old nurse’s hands returned the pressure. He was also aware that all his arguments would
shatter themselves against her resolutions. The man pulled up his horse grumbling, and turned round. She laughed till the tears stood in her eyes. There was something in Jonathan's manner, as he issued this
command, that struck the man as singular, and he afterwards recalled it.
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