Her father
intercepted her, and for a moment she and he struggled with their hands upon the
latch. I mean I’m not a good specimen of a woman. ’
Annoyance sent Melusine leaping to her feet. Besides, by the time
they were off his hands, old McClintock would be dropping in to have his liver
renovated. I followed you in. As she did so, the ruffles to the jacket of her riding habit fell away, exposing
livid blue bruises about her wrist, ugly in the light of day from the window at
their back. “Anna,” she cried, “you must believe me. But at the beginning of the affray, when he
thought every one was too much occupied with his own concerns to remark his
absence, he slipped out of the room, not for the purpose of avoiding the
engagement (for cowardice was not one of his failings), but because he had
another object in view. ”
“You are very unbelieving,” Anna said coldly. Her back had stiffened, and
her hazel eyes looked steadfastly ahead.
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