”
“Severely dampened? By what?”
“By hope. Ann Veronica’s appearance was brief and undistinguished. Have you brought me a message from my
sister? I understood, I believe, that she was seeing you last night. Here, where every element of her surroundings was tawdry and
commonplace, and before this young man of vulgar origin and appearance, it
was striking. What marriage really meant (aside from the idea of escape), Ruth had not the
least conception, no more than a child. Really they are the most beautiful things in the world. ‘A
convenient desire, Mademoiselle Charvill. I had gone
further than I meant to—with some Englishmen. The room was papered with green, large-patterned
paper that was at worst a trifle dingy, and the arm-chair and the seats of the other
chairs were covered with the unusual brightness of a large-patterned chintz,
which also supplied the window-curtain. ”
“You are willing to give up your position, your beautiful houses, your carriages
and milliner’s accounts to come back to Bohemianism?”
“Why not?” Annabel declared. 142
< 18 >
THE HIGH PRICE OF FAME
Michelle became a constant in those weeks, basking in
the shame-ridden celebrity that had been created around
Lucy. Ever since the young police
officer had arrived on her doorstep the clock had started
ticking faster. Jack may be capable of much that is wicked, but he
would never lift his hand against his friend,—of that I am assured.
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