“If I were to marry now,” she said, “it would be with a sense of humiliation. The blaze,
however, was sufficient to reveal to the thief-taker the features of his intended
assassin. It consisted of a full-dress coat of
brown flowered velvet, laced with silver; a waistcoat of white satin, likewise
richly embroidered; shoes with red heels, and large diamond buckles; pearlcoloured silk stockings with gold clocks; a muslin cravat, or steen-kirk, as it was
termed, edged with the fine point lace; ruffles of the same material, and so ample
as almost to hide the tips of his fingers; and a silver-hilted sword. Don’t you think that the shade of my hair is lovely?”
“There is nothing particular the matter with the shade,” Anna answered, “but it is
not nearly so becoming as before you touched it. He doesn’t know where she is, and I told
him he’d have to apply to Remenham’s lawyers if he wanted anything to do with
this place. Evidently her foresight has saved me a funeral. The kindly American consul-general had himself taken her to the bank,
where her banknotes had been exchanged for a letter of credit, and had
thoroughly advised her.
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