Opposite to her was a sallow-visaged
young man, whose small tie seemed like a smudge of obtusively shiny black
across the front of a high close-drawn collar. ”
“Why did you keep her all of these years? What good
can it do?”
“She created me, Lucia. But he looked back into the
hall and spoke to the sergeant who could just be seen behind him. She
did most urgently desire to save her face in Morningside Park, and for long hours
she could think of no way of putting it that would not be in the nature of
unconditional admission of defeat. He had not considered this aspect of the business. She intercepted the glance the spinsters exchanged, and immediately sensed that
she had said too much. Her heartbeat raced, her limbs turned to water,
and it was only by a miracle and the strength of the arms that held her that she
remained standing on her feet. If Miss Charvill should take it into her head to dash off
on some foolish errand, go with her by all means. The thought allured him, and therein lay the danger. "I will at once convince you of the truth of my
assertions, and ascertain whether the enemy really is at hand. Ruth, having
decided a course for herself—that of renunciation—and having the strength to
keep it, met these advances in precisely the mood they were offered. It struck the major that she was very young.
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