Nevertheless, relief washed over
her, her body rejoicing in the afterglow of twenty years of
tension released. Sir John heard gossip about us—about Anna the recluse, a paragon
of virtue, and Annabel alias ‘Alcide’ a dancer at the cafés chantants, and
concerning whom there were many stories which were false, and a few—which
were true. Inexplicably there flashed into vision the Chinese wedding procession in the
narrow, twisted streets of the city, that first day: the gorgeous palanquin, the tomtoms, the weird music, the ribald, jeering mob that trailed along behind. He sat down on the sill of the open window, folded his arms,
and stared straight before him for a long time over the wilderness of tiles and
chimney-pots into a sky that was blue and empty. ”
“It can’t prevent our loving. A young man turned to pay the cabman. They were talking of “Alcide,” as they often did in those days. “Now bite as hard as you can, John. ‘No, for you had your own selfish plans already
made, that is now seen. The other must call a coach as quickly as he can. “These are the
playgrounds of life.
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