”
He paused, with his eyes studying her gravely. "Clean and spotless, but beginning to show
the wear and tear of constant use. There are times
when you make me feel a little thing at your feet—a young, silly, protected
thing. “How dared you do yourself
this injustice?”
“I did it for her sake,” she answered. “You are wrong! I did not think
you thought such things. Annabel
half filled her glass with wine, and taking a little folded packet from her plate,
shook the contents into it. “I suppose, daddy, you’ve no objection to my going on with my work at the
Imperial College?” she asked. ’
The full story—or as much as Gerald knew—of Valade’s machinations
shocked the old lady so much that she was obliged to recruit her strength with a
refill from the Madeira decanter. Loans will just ruin my life
because I need so many of them. What in the world was the wench up to now? For it must be she. A man came out, and walking recklessly, almost cannoned into Ennison. “For one thing, Anna,” she remarked, “we had not the slightest idea that you had
left, or were leaving Paris. His face was wreathed in smiles, his beringed hand was cordially outstretched. ’
‘Oui, mais—’
‘You are, without exception, the most unprincipled, the most unscrupulous, the
most shameless, immoral, devious—’
‘Pardon me, sir,’ burst in Mrs Ibstock suddenly, her tone belligerent, bringing
the captain’s tirade to an abrupt halt as he turned to glare at her.
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