Chapter XX
ANNA’S SURRENDER
“This is indeed a gala night,” said Ennison, raising his glass, and watching for a
moment the golden bubbles. “We will see that he doesn’t
follow you. . And my word's law—with you, at least," she added,
bestowing a cutting glance upon her husband. She looked round wildly, as if seeking some source of help, as the boots halted
at the front door and the shouting intensified. "
Ben judged correctly. Why was he there? why did
the tempter dare to invade that sacred spot! She could not answer her own
questions, but vague fearful suspicions passed through her mind. We have only those
phantoms called memories, which are the husks of dreams. And not only did these tentacular generalizations
gather all the facts of natural history and comparative anatomy together, but they
seemed always stretching out further and further into a world of interests that lay
altogether outside their legitimate bounds. —Well, then, my dear," he added aloud, "do you still entertain the strong
attachment you did to Captain Darrell?"
Winifred's cheeks glowed with blushes, and fixing her eyes, which flashed with
resentment, upon the questioner, she said:
"I have promised to answer your question, and I will do so. Thames sat with Winifred's hand clasped in his own, and commenced a recital of
his adventures, which may be briefly told. “Now I should like to know,” she said, looking at him with a quiet smile, “what
you are doing here? It is not a particularly inspiring neighbourhood for walking
about by yourself. ”
“You have not answered my question,” he reminded her. He seemed to be
trying to understand something very perplexing and elusive. Her eyes were dilated—
fixed in a horrified stare at the parting in the curtains which hung before the
window.
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