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"It shall be at the door in ten minutes. The fascination of the idea of throwing
himself upon his knees and crying out all that was in his heart! As his eyes began
to focus objects, he saw one of her arms extended upon the counterpane, in his
direction, the hand clenched tightly. She wore a wonderful dress of turquoise blue, made by a great
dressmaker for a function which she knew very well now that she would never
attend. The account of the discovery of Sir Rowland's murder filled Winifred with
alarm; but when she learnt what had befallen Thames—how he had been
stricken down by the thief-taker's bludgeon, and left for dead, she uttered a
piercing scream, fainted, and would have fallen, if Jack had not caught her in his
arms. I should think, Anna,
that your own sense—er—of propriety would enable you to see this. ‘You don’t
even know what it means, do you?’
Melusine frowned. I don’t care what else
there is in the world. It is quite outrageous of me to go about
rescuing a damsel in distress—’
‘Who does not in the least wish to be rescued,’ put in Melusine. Small blame to her.
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