Ann Veronica, with a sigh at the cost of
hospitality, made a hasty negotiation for an extra tea and for a fire in the groundfloor apartment, and preened herself carefully for the interview. . Intelligence was the currency in Athens, and anyone who
displayed great knowledge ascended to the top, no matter
what his former circumstances. How could she tell him of the
evil that drew her and drew her, as a needle to the magnet?—the fascinating evil
that even now, escaped as it was, went on distilling its poison in her mind?
"Yes, yes!" said the doctor. But I vowed that Ruth should
never suffer the way I did—and do. ‘Do you think I do not know? What am I doing here, do you think?’
‘That’s just exactly what I’ve been asking myself,’ he returned. ‘I never met a rat what wandered about the place with a lantern, I didn’t,’
grumbled the old lodgekeeper aggrievedly. They had their little dreams about her. "
Before proceeding with his task, he considered whether it would be possible to
barricade the door; but, reflecting that the bar would be an indispensable
assistant in his further efforts, he abandoned the idea, and determined to rely
implicitly on that good fortune which had hitherto attended him on similar
occasions. She distinctly shivered
as he forced her to look at him. "
And, as he spoke, he took up a sheet of paper, and hastily traced a few lines upon
it.
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