They
used the rope—not that a rope was at all necessary, but because Ann Veronica’s
exalted state of mind made the fact of the rope agreeably symbolical; and,
anyhow, it did insure a joint death in the event of some remotely possibly
mischance. She was extremely showily dressed, and her
large hooped petticoat gave additional effect to her lofty stature. “Your father, of course,” he said, “must come to realize just how Splendid you
are! He doesn’t understand. I
cannot think he will welcome a French émigré for his granddaughter. The next few hours will tell. She must weigh her situation. But, after all, it will be
different. He kissed her again. She had a compartment to herself in the train from London to Morningside
Park, and she sat with both her feet on the seat in an attitude that would certainly
have distressed her mother to see, and horrified her grandmother beyond
measure; she sat with her knees up to her chin and her hands clasped before
them, and she was so lost in thought that she discovered with a start, from a
lettered lamp, that she was at Morningside Park, and thought she was moving
out of the station, whereas she was only moving in. And he unsheathed his sword. It was supposed he was drowned in
crossing the river, as his body had never been found.
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