We've never caught him cheating at cards; too
clever; but we know he cheats. "What's that you're taking to Sir Rowland Trenchard's?"
"Only a box, Sir," answered Sheppard, emptying the glass. "
"Not utterly," rejoined the other. “I heard the clock strike as I crossed the square,” she answered. And I have no doubt at all that there is a great deal of money in the
case. ‘Now,’ she said, in an imperious manner that so much reminded him of
Melusine that he was obliged to suppress a grin, ‘I can see you properly. “Your success here is absolutely
meteoric. ‘Certainly, if I was a nun, I
know of many good names. Sheppard in the asylum, and take her this, and send her that;—and I've
never prevented you, though such mistaken liberality's enough to provoke a
saint. ‘You would read my mind?’
Gerald was pretty certain he already had, but he did not say so. Gay, was a stout,
good-looking, good-humoured man, about thirty-six, with a dark complexion, an
oval face, fine black eyes, full of fire and sensibility, and twinkling with roguish
humour—an expression fully borne out by the mouth, which had a very shrewd
and sarcastic curl.
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