Skirting the noble
gardens of Montague House, (now, we need scarcely say, the British Museum,)
the party speedily reached Great Russell Street,—a quarter described by Strype,
in his edition of old Stow's famous Survey, "as being graced with the best
buildings in all Bloomsbury, and the best inhabited by the nobility and gentry,
especially the north side, as having gardens behind the houses, and the prospect
of the pleasant fields up to Hampstead and Highgate; insomuch that this place,
by physicians, is esteemed the most healthful of any in London. ‘As for what to do, I wonder if
young Charvill would be worth a visit. Where was the
message? Where was Gerald? Until he came back, what was there for her to do?
Eh bien, it made no sense to do anything. Odd, but he had
never thought of the beach until this girl (who looked as if she had stepped out of
the family album) referred to it with a familiarity which was as astonishing as it
was profoundly sad. ’
‘They wear a uniform, do they not? They march and fight with swords and
shoot with guns, no?’
‘Well, yes,
miss. Meantime, every preparation had been made outside for his departure. . What right had a young woman to possess
the scarring and intimate knowledge of that dreg of human society, the
beachcomber?
CHAPTER II
Ah Cum lived at No. And talking of every conceivable thing. “I am very glad to hear you say it,” he repeated, and refrained from further
inquiry. "By Heaven!" cried he in a tone of surprise, "you have an infant there?"
"To be sure I have," replied Wood, angrily; for, finding that the intentions of the
stranger were pacific, so far as he was concerned, he thought he might safely
venture on a slight display of spirit. “You must leave me your address if you please,” he said, as she rose to go. “Please come home. "
"What has he done?"
"He has just naturally peeved his Uncle Sam. Her birthday was
four months away, and that, at its extremist point, might give her another five
pounds.
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