The London backgrounds, in Bloomsbury and
Marylebone, against which these people went to and fro, took on, by reason of
their gray facades, their implacably respectable windows and window-blinds,
their reiterated unmeaning iron railings, a stronger and stronger suggestion of the
flavor of her father at his most obdurate phase, and of all that she felt herself
fighting against. Then there came briskly along the path towards her, an Englishman. A struggle of the most terrific kind now ensued. The
doors were closed and barricaded, and the mob threatened to burst them open if
Jack was not delivered to them. But I found it no laughing matter, I can assure you. ‘What Frenchman would that be, missie? We
ain’t let no one escape. At least, you are one, and I am disguised like one. "
"Piano-player? Do you mean someone who plays for you?"
"No, no; one of those mechanical things you play with your feet. “What a hideous
repertoire! If you are in earnest about wanting to earn money, why on earth don’t
you accept an engagement here?”
“An engagement?” she queried. "Well, Joan," said the benevolent mechanic, after he had looked at her
steadfastly for a few moments, "what say you?—silence gives consent, eh?"
Mrs. But I tell you in return, I shall take no pains to hide
myself.
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