. He tried not to think—of Ruth with her mother's locket, of her misguided father,
taking his lonely way to sea. ‘That is true,’ Melusine conceded. "But, let that pass. Restlessness, then, was the
trouble, simple restlessness: home bored her. Did he intend to kill her now, this instant? Or had she a
moment or two to try to save herself? Recalling Leonardo’s dictum, she did not
struggle, for that would only tighten the trap about her, and perhaps even spring
it. "I didn't carry
you off from old Wood to kill you, but to wed you. He had already
shown the covering envelope and its instructions to Ruth, and she had ignored or
misunderstood the warning. She would
stare if she knew the full sum of Melusine’s activities. It was—in
connection with this man Hill. Soon they came to treat Lucy almost as mother,
pulling hard at her brown curls and laughing delightedly
as they sprang back into their spiral shape. Perhaps at the first blush—it strikes you as odd.
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