The doctor expected her to seize upon the subtle
inference that there was something furtive, even criminal, in the manner the
patient set this obligation upon humanity at large, to look after him in the event
of his death. “Michelle, I don’t ever want to hear you mention the
subject you mentioned at dinner again. ”
“What did you say?”
“I said, ‘My dear Veronica! how can you think of such things?’”
“And then?”
“She had two more cups of tea and some cake, and told me of her walk. About her, as she had gone day by
day to and from the Tredgold College, she had seen and not seen many an
incidental aspect of those sides of life about which girls are expected to know
nothing, aspects that were extraordinarily relevant to her own position and
outlook on the world, and yet by convention ineffably remote. "I could almost find in my heart to quarrel with Jack Sheppard for occasioning
you so much pain," observed little Winifred Wood, as, having completed her
ministration to the best of her ability, she helped Thames on with his coat. He was conscious of a quickening of his heartbeat and the
familiar rise of adrenalin that sent his senses soaring in anticipation. "
"The very point I aim at," said Darrell as he passed through the outlet.
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