She may be
an infuriating little devil, but she is far from stupid. ”
She marked an hotel that seemed neither opulent nor odd in a little side street
opening on the Embankment, made up her mind with an effort, and, returning by
Hungerford Bridge to Waterloo, took a cab to this chosen refuge with her two
pieces of luggage. What more could any reasonable man—
especially a watchman—desire? Besides, the Marquis, is a devilish fine fellow,
and a particular friend of mine. I shall make no defence. Ruth came to him directly. “Fearful old fogey! I can’t imagine any sister of yours putting
up with him for a moment. ”
It took some days for this phase to pass, and it left some scars and something
like a decision. “Is there any
urgency?”
The doctor bent over his patient, who seemed to have fallen asleep. Paris was full, and it
was by no means a retired spot which she had found. At the same time she was
wildly exultant at the resolution she had taken, the end she had made to her
blunder. Something in his smile, in the cynical suggestiveness of his deferential tone,
maddened her. Miss Ellicot, for instance, considers me a most improper person.
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