"The chief of the detective agency informed me that it would be
best not to let Mr. ’
‘Even that he is, one must be practical. Then she begins to
have visions of what is forbidden to all mortals:
knowledge of the future. Chapter XXI
HER SISTER’S SECRET
“I think,” Lady Ferringhall said, “that you are talking very foolishly. ”
“Why?” asked Hetty. From the first, Ann Veronica found him an exceptionally interesting man. A few words passed between him and the thief-taker as the latter came
up; after which, all the party—with the exception of Quilt, who was left on shore
—embarked within the wherry, which was pushed from the strand and rowed
swiftly along the stream—for the tide was in its favour—by a couple of
watermen. You are all that I am or hope to be—the celestial atom God put into me at the
beginning. “Your father is dead too, I believe,” he continued, “and your mother. The uncanny directness of those gray eyes, the absence of diffidence,
the beauty of the face in profile (full, it seemed a little too broad to make for
perfect beauty), the mellow voice that came full and free, without hesitance, all
combined to mark her as the most unusual young woman he had ever met. He misstated her
age and address; but you can’t get home on him for a thing like that. "
"Be it so!" rejoined Sir Rowland, with concentrated fury; "but before we do part,
I am resolved to know the name of your pretended husband!"
"Torture shall not wrest it from me," answered his sister, firmly. Just as he was about to drain it, he encountered the
basilisk glance of Jonathan Wild, and paused. Immediately a feathered hat emerged, under which a familiar countenance
was visible.
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