"You'll pardon an old woman, Miss Enschede," said Sister Prudence; "but where
in this world did you get that dress?"
Ruth picked up both sides of the skirt and spread it, looking down. Raven locks fell to her shoulders from
under the feathered beaver hat, and curled away down her back. "
"In case of need you will lend a helping hand?"
"Yes—yes. "
"Isn't that lagoon gorgeous? I wonder if there'll be sharks?"
"Not in the lagoon. One trouble, however, shot its slanting bolts athwart the shining warmth of
that opening day and marred its perfection, and that was the thought of her
father. After this occurence, not a word was exchanged between them until they came in
sight of the sloop, which was lying at anchor off Wapping. A
shudder rippled across his shoulders. He had conveyed it to her, not
verbally, but by means of a letter, which seemed to her a singularly ignoble
method of prohibition. ‘Why
did he make me French, Marthe? Why did he give me this name of Melusine,
and say I am born of Suzanne Valade?’
Martha looked at her, but her lips remained firmly closed.
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