But a middle-aged man like Ramage ought to know
better than to draw out a girl, the daughter of a friend and neighbor. But pathologically, he is still on
the edge. ’
‘Do you take me for a fool, Hilary?’ demanded his betrothed. All
at once he saw a way out of the threatening doldrums. ”
Sir John’s reply was incoherent. These starlings varied in width, according
to the bulk of the pier they surrounded. He came in apologetically; all the old “Well, and how ARE we?”
note gone; and once he asked Ann Veronica, almost furtively,
“How’s Alice getting on, Vee?” Finally, on the Day, he appeared like his old
professional self transfigured, in the most beautiful light gray trousers Ann
Veronica had ever seen and a new shiny silk hat with a most becoming roll. Her lips were apart, but no breath seemed to issue from
them; and, but for a slight—very slight palpitation of the bosom, the vital
principle might be supposed to be extinct.
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