You
will wonder why he did not hold the pearls until Father returned. Accordingly, having given Wood such directions as he
thought necessary for his guidance, and received a handsome gratuity in return
for his services, he departed. One of the coolies held the paper
lantern. This niggardliness compelled him to cross and recross
streets. She had, it was
true, accepted doubtfully the pen he had offered. ’
***
It must have been fate, Gerald decided, near an hour later, staring intently at the
closed French windows on the raised alcove that led out to the terrace. . . Perhaps he had
heard of this Enschede. All
the world about her seemed to be—how can one put it?—in wrappers, like a
house when people leave it in the summer. “Then why go out with him, Michelle? Why belabor
yourself?” Lucy questioned. Bah. ‘Do not say such things, you—you
imbecile.
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