With a swirl of her
floral chintz petticoats, she placed herself in the capacious window seat,
accepted the glass Gerald handed to her, and smiled mischievously up at him. “Solitary walks?”
“That’s the point of them. The three of them laughed joyously. "
"I'll give you something better worth keeping," she answered, detaching the
ornament from her neck, and presenting it to him; "this contains a lock of my
hair, and may remind you sometimes of your little sister. Slash and cut as much as you please. A world of haystacks, bean-stacks, and strawricks flanked the granges adjoining his habitation; the yard was crowded with
poultry, pigeons were feeding at his feet, cattle were being driven towards the
stall, horses led to the stable, a large mastiff was rattling his chain, and stalking
majestically in front of his kennel, while a number of farming-men were passing
and repassing about their various occupations. ”
Ann Veronica said nothing. ”
“Where do you go?”
“Oh!—Alps. Brutes! They are the
brute still with us! Science some day may teach us a way to do without them. “When it
comes there is no mistaking it. The touch of his lips
neither thrilled nor alarmed her, because the eyes that looked into hers were
clean. The idea of leaving for Mexico
had become unbearable, as he was so easy to like and
perhaps even easier to love.
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