She saw herself in very much Vivie’s position—managing something. But days had
now passed. Then
a third secretarial opening occurred and renewed her hopes again: a position as
amanuensis—with which some of the lighter duties of a nurse were combined—
to an infirm gentleman of means living at Twickenham, and engaged upon a
great literary research to prove that the “Faery Queen” was really a treatise upon
molecular chemistry written in a peculiar and picturesquely handled cipher. "You knew better than to bring her here
under the circumstances. The weather
harmonized with their feelings. After listening
attentively for a short time without drawing breath, he became convinced that his
apprehensions were groundless, and, greatly relieved, sat down upon the chair to
rest himself and prepare for further efforts. ‘It is what my father intended. The vengeance of the assailants did not stop here. How will I protect myself if you do not?’
‘If you will only confide in me, I will be happy to protect you,’ Gerald said
cheerfully. “Good-bye,” he said earnestly. Think if
your own mother was alive!”
He paused, deeply moved. That was the
wonder of these stories; one lived in them.
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