I saw him last night at Jonathan Wild's, after my escape
from the New Prison. The sun lingered,
finally dropping beyond the dark canopy of pine trees at
the edge of the park. Nor, he would wager, had the heroic Monsieur Valade, who had rescued
her from that life and brought her to England, taught her in that short time all
that Gerald was certain she knew of men. “She’s been up to no good, Sheila. And yet the moment I am safely out of the way you are
content to dress yourself in my rags, to go and get yourself popular and admired
and successful, all on my reputation. Or he would find something—a wave in her
hair, a little line in the contour of her brow or neck, that made an exquisite
discovery. She shut her lips hard, her jaw hardened, and she set herself to struggle with
him. ‘The sisters here will not save you. The noose was at its
throat when I called for help. In some things, in many things, you must trust to your
elders, to those who know more of life than you do. I have recently made your sister’s
acquaintance, and in the course of conversation I understood from her that her
Christian name was Anna.
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