“There’s no one here except me. It was a grand life. At this point Lucy, in an effort perhaps—foolhardy, in Gerald’s opinion—to
pour oil on troubled waters, rose swiftly to her feet and came towards the old
man, her hand held out. He wanted
to become a millionaire. A strange betrothal!—the primal idea of which was escape! The girl, intent upon
abrogating for ever all legal rights of the father in the daughter, of rendering
innocuous the thing she had now named the Terror: the boy, seeking selfcrucifixion in expiation of his transgression, changing a peccadillo into
damnation!
It was easy for Ruth to surrender to the idea, for she believed she was loved; and
in gratitude it was already her determination to give this boy her heart's blood,
drop by drop, if he wanted it. As he entered the shop, a
tall portly personage advanced to meet him, whom he at once recognised as the
present proprietor. Both started. . She kissed Cathy's soft cheek as she
entered the warm kitchen. But Darrell averted his head.
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