Passing at a glance over the whole of the intervening period; leaving in the
words of the poet,
—The growth untried
Of that wide gap—
we shall resume our narrative at the beginning of June, 1715. The struggle was
brief, and Gerald stepped aside, the pistol in his possession, while the girl
Melusine stood trembling and glaring. He recalled with exasperating perplexity her clear, matter-of-fact tone as she
talked about love-making being unconvincing. "
"You know best," replied Jonathan, sneeringly; "but if I were in your place I
would take the chance of a future and uncertain risk to avoid a present and
certain peril. She
shuddered, adding confidentially, ‘You wouldn’t get me in there now, mind. "
"What's that?" asked Wood with some curiosity. Teddy handed her into the second-class compartment her season-ticket
warranted, and declared she was “simply splendid.
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