The less she
lived, in fact, the better. He went
more easily this time. He went on munching his water-chestnuts, and stared at the skyline. Oh, the beautiful books! Romance, adventure, love
stories! She gathered up the books in her arms and cuddled them, as a mother
might have cuddled a child. ‘Because,’ said Lady Bicknacre in the confidential manner of all matrons
when passing on a tidbit of scandal, ‘Nicholas married against his father’s
wishes and ran away. To find the incentive! But how? Thither and yon the idea
roved, seeking the way. And
now," she added, glancing contemptuously at the woollen-draper, "I'll go to Jack
Sheppard. His conscience, however, was entirely another affair. She laid
her hand upon his arm. “The real reason why I am out of place here,” she
said, “is because I like men. She had carried a chair into the room veranda and had watched and listened until
the night silences had lengthened and only occasionally she heard a voice or the
rattle of rickshaw wheels in the courtyard. Then, after Capes had been through her work and had gone on, it came to her
that the fabric of this life of hers was doomed to almost immediate collapse; that
in a little while these studies would cease, and perhaps she would never set eyes
on him again. You
will join a world of fashion, a world of wealth, a life of ease. ‘But it is idiot. "
The lack of a family album for some reason put a little ache in her heart.
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