They said no more for a moment, and each was now acutely aware of the
other. No; the future was not so dark; there was a bit of dawn visible. Something about the girl had suggested an
idea. The very
blank, however, affected him more deeply than if it had been left. "I've got something to say to you," continued the speaker, rather less harshly;
"something to your advantage; so come out o' your hiding-place, and let's have
some supper, for I'm infernally hungry. My poor Hoddy! I had to talk harshly, or break down and have
hysterics. His tie had demanded a struggle; he ought to have taken a clean one
after his first failure. On the left lay the heights of
Hampstead, studded with villas, while farther off a hazy cloud marked the
position of the metropolis. ‘He had run away with a Frenchwoman, you see, but Everett
Charvill—I refer to the general—took care to conceal the matter. Melusine sighed with relief at being alone at last and free to resume her search
among the portraits.
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