’
Gerald’s jaw tightened. . A stomacher, fastened by imitationdiamond buckles, girded that part of her person, which should have been a waist;
a coral necklace encircled her throat, and a few black patches, or mouches, as
they were termed, served as a foil to the bloom of her cheek and chin. He won’t be in
uniform. Her eyes were dilated—
fixed in a horrified stare at the parting in the curtains which hung before the
window. "
"Death and fiends!" exclaimed Jack; "the old thief is there. It was in her eyes—the big thing that comes
but once. She
leaned back in her seat and closed her eyes. She ignored it until it repeated itself. Sheppard, with a laugh that cut the ears of those
who listened to it like a razor,—"Do not despair! And who or what shall give me
comfort when my son is gone? I have wept till my eyes are dry,—suffered till
my heart is broken,—prayed till the voice of prayer is dumb,—and all of no
avail. ’
‘Where then is your uniform?’
‘I don’t wear it to balls. It exists
because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from
people in all walks of life. From this peaceful scene Jack's eye fell upon
Jonathan, who, seated upon the stile, under the shade of an elder tree, was
evidently watching him. My feelings overpower
me.
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