Suppose—suppose a girl did want to start in life, start in
life for herself—” She looked him frankly in the eyes. ‘Come on. "While I live you are safe," rejoined Trenchard; "after my death I can answer for
nothing. Earles was absolutely indifferent. The vast heap of rubbish on the floor had been so materially increased
by the bricks and plaster thrown down in his attack upon the wall of the Red
Room, that it was with some difficulty he could find the blanket which was
almost buried beneath the pile. “He
produced what he called a marriage certificate, and I believe that nearly every
one in the boarding-house, including Mrs. ”
“And you?” Annabel exclaimed. ”
“You are jealous,” she declared contemptuously. ”
“Your secret is safe with me, sweetheart, as long as
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you’ll lend your new friend Julian here a smoke. ’ What would you tell her?”
“If she asked advice, I should say she wasn’t fit to do anything of the sort. That was an
admission all right. But—he was
cleverer than any of you. "And now," she
added, with somewhat more composure, "leave me, dear friends, I entreat, for a
few minutes to collect my scattered thoughts—to prepare myself for what I have
to go through—to pray for my son. "
"Who told you this is his portrait?" demanded Trenchard. They were things I had meant very much to talk to you about, so that I
went home vexed and disappointed, and only relieved myself a little by writing a
few verses.
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