Her mother missed writing for a week, and then she wrote in an unusual key. He could scarcely blame her. Against the sinister, the threatening, monstrous inhumanity of the
limitless city, there was nothing now but this supreme, ugly fact of a pursuit—
the pursuit of the undesired, persistent male. Part 9
The realization that she was in love flooded Ann Veronica’s mind, and altered
the quality of all its topics. "
"I'll excuse it nevertheless," returned the little damsel, affectionately extending
her hand to him. “Here goes,” he said. ‘Pig! Pig, a thousand times!’
Running footsteps could be heard now, and she knew that the commotion was
bringing the nuns, just as she had hoped. ‘You! Have you pen and paper?’
‘Pen and paper now, is it?’ grumbled the old man as he shuffled down the hall. So far as regards his
attire, Baptist was not seen to advantage. “Kick aht at ‘em!” though, indeed, she went now with
Christian meekness, resenting only the thrusting policemen’s hands. There was little fighting spirit here. Whether it was the nun’s habit or the
harlot’s clothing that distressed her more, he could not begin to guess. “May I ask whether you are staying with friends in town?” he inquired
deferentially. They were headed by an athleticlooking, swarthy-featured man, who was armed with a cutlass, which he waved
over his head to cheer on his companions.
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