. “My dear Annabel,” she said, “this is delightful, but I thought that it was
forbidden. It is not well
that a daughter should talk to her father as Ruth talked to hers that day. Then as she drew nearer paint showed upon her face,
and a harsh purpose behind the quiet expression of her open countenance, and a
sort of unreality in her splendor betrayed itself for which Ann Veronica could not
recall the right word—a word, half understood, that lurked and hid in her mind,
the word “meretricious. " And
he conferred apart with Jonathan. "Better than your company, Saint Giles," replied Sheppard; "so, shut the door,
and make yourself scarce. ”
Ann Veronica’s mind was filled with confused unutterable replies. Their laughter, together with the agonized yowling of the dog, drew a
circle of wondering natives; and at length McClintock himself came over to see
what the racket was about.
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