”
“I think so,” said Ann Veronica, and colored. The darkness prevented the carpenter from discerning the features or figure of
the stranger; and the ceaseless din precluded the possibility of holding any
communication by words with him. ’
‘You are perfectly correct,’ agreed Gerald at once. His hand shook so violently that
he dropped the handkerchief; and he let it lie on the floor because he dared not
stoop. ‘Am I right in
supposing you to have been a sister to the late Mr Jarvis Remenham?’
‘Quite right. There was, in fact, only one clear thought in
his fevered brain: he had reached the hotel without falling down. ’
‘But why?’ asked Melusine, astonished, and somewhat overwhelmed by the
other girl’s volubility. There was
plenty of sweet water. Immediately he was gone, she
regretted that she had not followed. ’
Gerald eyed her. It is the immediate inspiration of confidence; it alleviates pain, because we know
by that smile that pain is soon to leave us; it becomes the bulwark against our
depressive thoughts of death; and it is the promise that we still have a long way
to go before we reach the Great Terminal.
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