‘I have the means to compel
you. Feeling rather exhausted, it occurred to him that
possibly some provisions might have been left by the constable; and, looking
about, he perceived a pitcher of water and a small brown loaf on the floor. By-the-bye, do
you want any money? Sir John’s ideas of pin money are not exactly princely, but
I can manage what you want, I dare say. Only one thing emerged with
any reasonable clarity in her mind at once, and that was that unless she was
saved from drowning by an unmarried man, in which case the ceremony is
unavoidable, or totally destitute of under-clothing, and so driven to get a
trousseau, in which hardship a trousseau would certainly be “ripping,” marriage
was an experience to be strenuously evaded. In the
second, she was wretchedly poor, and assailed by temptations of which you can
form no idea. ’
‘Eh?’
Almost Melusine betrayed herself at his startled look. “You belong to me,” he said fiercely; “the marriage certificate is in my pocket. Blest with a fond
husband, surrounded by every comfort, you have never been assailed by the
horrible temptations to which misery has exposed me. G. ”
“Straight?”
“Not a bit of it! He’s been out after eight per cent. ‘You have said you do not wish to hurt me.
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