Now that she was his, to make or mar, she presented an extraordinary
fascination. The locket contained the face of her
mother—all the family album she had. "
"Swear it!"
"I do. ‘Certainly this is true,’ she managed. Not conceiving that his sister—feeble as she was, and yielding as she
had ever shown herself to his wishes, whether expressed or implied—would
depart without consulting him, he was equally surprised and enraged to hear the
servants busied in transporting her to the carriage. ”
“Is it necessary,” he said, “for me to tell you——”
“Stop, please,” she said firmly. He bore it as long as he could, watching all
the time with fascinated eyes Annabel moving gracefully about amongst her
guests, always gay, with a smile and a whisper for nearly everybody. ‘Melusine, don’t sit there. Thames took it, and beheld the portrait of a young man, apparently—judging
from his attire—of high rank, whose proud and patrician features certainly
presented a very striking resemblance to his own. A
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