Whenever you grow
impatient with her, remember the folly of her father. It would have been the right idea, had Ruth been other than what she was. . The
hymnal lyrics had never stirred her; she had memorized and sung them parrotwise. “An Oracle you are! Sebastian never told me he’d
made one!” Rhea screamed a scream that was part horror
and part laughter. ’
***
In the cosy little parlour that Pottiswick rarely used, Melusine paced restlessly to
and fro. ”
“If you can tear yourself away from this delightful place in five minutes,” she
answered, “I think I can get rid of the others. Below it a prodigiously large bolt
was shot into the socket, and, in order to keep it there, was fastened by a hasp,
and further protected by an immense padlock. ’
She halted, her pistol still held firm and straight, both hands gripping it, her
expressive features at once determined and uncertain.
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