She wanted to live. "I understand," she said. The love-songs of all the ages were
singing in her blood, the scent of night stock from the garden filled the air, and
the moths that beat upon the closed frames of the window next the lamp set her
mind dreaming of kisses in the dusk. There was a time, long, long ago, when the tears would
have rushed to my eyes unbidden at the bare mention of generosity like yours,
Mr. ”
Sebastian slipped the piano wire around her throat,
silencing her immediately. ”
“I began to be afraid you might not come at all. It looked as if it had taken its
world for granted and prospered on that assumption—a world in which children
were trained to obey their elders and the wills of women over-ruled as a matter
of course. ” She said. ’ She inclined her head, looking up at him through her lashes, and
passing a tongue lightly over her lips. ”
“Above all, no one except I can know what you are. Lucy
followed. The island was snake-free. So I come suppliant.
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