"But vere'll be the use o' vinnin'? you von't live to
pay me. Fortunately, the window was not far from the ground; so opening it gently, he
dropped into a backyard, and from thence got into the street. ”
“So far as one can judge from the system in practice,” said Ann Veronica,
speaking in a loud, common-sense, detached tone, and beginning to walk slowly
but resolutely toward the lawn, “it doesn’t work. She let out a wail. ”
“I have been abroad,” he said. ”
“No doubt. ’
‘Nonsense, it’ll give Pottiswick something genuine to complain about,’ said
Gerald cheerfully, moving to the edge of the trees. ‘Certainly
you may have me under guard. "I'm an ungrateful dog!"
"You will be if you don't instantly kiss me the way you used to. Why had Ruth married him? A penniless outcast, for she must
have known he was that. ‘Only you made me lose my temper, and—’
‘I made you do so? Pah!’
Gerald at last succeeded in ripping the handkerchief from her grasp, and
swiftly held it to her neck, oblivious to her now bloodied fingers clawing at his
hand. ”
She looked at him with uplifted eyebrows—a look of whimsical incredulity. He carried her in his arms up
the steps, like a bride on her honeymoon. And he liked her. But he only went home again to Paddington.
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