”
“The thing was supposed to be solar powered. “I have not left this
apartment myself. But where in the world was the girl? A door led to
another chamber beyond. The idea of your being a failure would
never have occurred to me. ’
‘Uh-oh,’ came from her infuriating suitor and his eyes dropped to the weapon
she was dragging from the holster under her petticoat. ”
Anna glanced towards her sister, but the latter avoided her eyes. That “entirely English” comment was said just to
provoke me. Selfishness. Two shots were fired at him
by Jonathan; one of which passed through his hat, and the other through the
fleshy part of his arm; but he made good his retreat. “You see, her sister is married to
Ferringhall, isn’t she? and she herself must be drawing no end of a good screw
here. You got my note?”
“I certainly received a note,” Anna admitted. ‘Tchah! So you’re the whelp’s girl, are you? Suppose you’ve nothing but that
villainous French in your tongue. ’ She thrust him out of the room and
made for the stairs. No other
man should touch her; she was Hoddy's, body and soul, in this life and after. I knew it was in vain to cry 'murder!' in the Mint,
so I had recourse to stratagem.
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