Here was the same Ruth who had left him a few minutes
since: the same outwardly; and yet…!
On the ninth day Spurlock was up and about; that is, he was strong enough to
walk alone, from the companion to his chair, to lean upon the rail when the chair
grew irksome, to join Ruth and his employer at lunch and dinner: strong enough
to argue about books, music, paintings. It
was a great weight from her shoulders to confide in
another human being, and she suspected he did truly
believe her. ‘Me, I do not need the help of anyone. He gave an order, the proa was floated and the sail run up. The day comes when you shall regret how you have
spoken to me. And so
—’
‘And so she was able to become my—’ Melusine did not say it, for wet-nurse
no longer seemed appropriate.
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