Sheppard's attention; and no sooner did
she in some degree recover from the shock occasioned by the sight of her son's
debased condition, than, regardless of any other consideration except his instant
removal from the contaminating society by which he was surrounded, and utterly
forgetting the more cautious plan she meant to have adopted, she rushed into the
room, and summoned him to follow her. ‘I’ll take wine,’ the lady said briefly, turning back instantly to Hilary. Gianfrancesco took her that night gently, for which
she was glad. . Ten years of military life had taught him caution,
but only strengthened a fearless zest for diving into any promising adventure
with unalloyed enjoyment. ’
‘I should do as she says if I were you, Hilary,’ observed Gerald, noting the
fierce determination in the girl’s lovely face. But, alas!
she was beautiful—and beauty is a crime not to be forgiven by a jealous woman. You
could walk the city streets and with every blink you could
take in a new sight of beauty so great that your heart
would weep for it. It was as if
her finite human brain could only store a limit of
information, details like hair color and fingernail shape
easily jettisoned to make room for the nuances of a grin
or the emotion of a shoulder blade. He
saluted awkwardly. After all,
this could never be the black sheep. A woman hard to read, who seemed to delight in keeping locked up
behind that fascinating rigidity of feature the intense sensibility which had been
revealed to him, her master, only in occasional and rare moments of enthusiasm. ‘And, if this was not enough,’ went on the lady furiously, ‘you dare to say I am
French.
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