”
Miss Ellicot swept aside her skirts from the vacant chair and welcomed the
newcomer with one of her most engaging smiles. “You seem to be taking our little joke more seriously than it deserves,
Ferringhall,” he remarked. Then he looked across at Mrs Sindlesham. He was indeed still in the throes of his
bewilderment. Mesdames Thierry and Poussaint appeared delighted to meet Gerald, and he
was obliged to do the pretty to their daughters too. They tracked the fugitive to the
Mint; but, like hounds at fault, they here lost all scent of their prey. The point is, I know all the tricks in finding a man. I should have known at a glance if it was. “You!” said Ann Veronica. ’
‘What? But—’
‘Precisely, Hilary. Up to this
moment, hopes had been entertained of a respite, strong representations in his
favour having been made in the highest quarter; but now that his fate seemed
sealed, the curiosity of the sight-seeing public to behold him was redoubled. . It was a young girl who
overheard me when I was on my third shopkeeper who
answered my question. McClintock's initial revulsion was natural; he was an honest man.
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