Now that she was his, to make or mar, she presented an extraordinary
fascination. The
watermen, who manned the larger wherry, immediately shipped their oars,
grappled with the drifting skiff, and held it fast. ‘Well, I can see you won’t let it alone, so what do you
propose to do about the wench?’
‘I’ll die before I let it alone,’ Gerald vowed. ”
“You remembered. He is the one who has said that she must go to the convent. ’
‘Did no one know, then?’
‘No, for the vicomte, we learned later, wrote to General Lord Charvill in
pursuit of his sister. ‘You mean—’
‘Hilary!’ Lucy turned excited eyes back to Alderley. “It is intolerable that you should
be followed about by such a creature. It came to Spurlock suddenly that if something did
not react in his favour inside of five minutes, he was done. Wanton! Had I been one, even God would have forgiven
me, understanding. I haven't much money; I
don't know how much it is going to cost me to reach Hartford; so I fixed over a
couple of my mother's dresses. He stopped on the curb-stone, not facing her
but as if he was on his way to cross the road, and spoke to her suddenly over his
shoulder. I made Hainault’s acquaintance,
stood him drinks, lent him money. She was trying to bring her problems to a head, and her
mind insisted upon being even more discursive and atmospheric than usual. A little Cockney recovered it, and made ridiculous attempts to get to her and
replace it.
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