The idea of Ruth as a
talisman against misfortune—which he now recognized as a sick man's idea—
faded as his appreciation of the absurd reasserted itself. ”
“I’m a married man. He smiled at Ruth as she turned away from the bed, smiled
with both his mouth and eyes; and she knew that here would be a man of heart as
well as of science. Romance! The romance of passing faces, of wires that carried voices and words
to the far ends of the world, of tremendous mechanisms that propelled ships and
trains! And, oh the beautiful books!
She swiftly knelt upon the floor and once more gathered the books to her heart. Teaching the word of God to the
recent cannibal, caring for the sick, storming the strongholds of the plague,
adding his own private income to the pittance allowed him by the Society, and
never seeing the angel that walked at his side! Something the girl knew nothing
about; else Enschede was unbelievable. The procession had just got into line of march, when a dreadful groan, mixed
with yells, hootings, and execrations, was heard. I had no idea she could go so
fast. “You said you were in love with me,” said Ann Veronica; “I wanted to explain
—”
“I said I loved and wanted you. ” She said dryly. She had turned round sideways, so
as to look down into the fire. I want to get away. To-night I
locked up my flat at six o’clock. "A bad business this, Van," observed Baptist, with a prolonged shake of the head. ”
She did not wait for Ann Veronica’s reply.
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