For a few moments, Thames regarded the little girl through the half-opened door
in silence. There is scarcely one chance in a dozen of saving his life; there would be
none at all if he were moved. As he turned the handle, it moved, and the door was
taken from his hand and pulled outward by the young footman. Before he could return, Jack had made good his retreat;
and, wandering about the lanes and hedges, kept out of sight as much as
possible. I acted in plays, I studied philosophy,
mathematics, and science. "
"No more of this," rejoined Thames, "or we shall quarrel. He would pull this young fellow back;
but later he knew that he would have to fight the boy's lack of will to live. All the village was
assembled in the churchyard. Tell me how you are earning your living
here, Anna—typewriting, or painting, or lady’s companion?”
“I think,” Anna said, “that the less you know about me the better. But something
instinctive prevented that, and with the finest resolve not to be “silly” and
prudish she found that whenever he became at all bold in this matter she became
severely scientific and impersonal, almost entomological indeed, in her method;
she killed every remark as he made it and pinned it out for examination. Ramage, speaking the simplest first thought of his
heart. ”
Anna laughed, and went back to her easy chair. Drummond patted him on the shoulder.
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