There used to be an after deckhouse and a
shallow well for the wheel; but I changed that. Anna sighed as she reflected that her sister had
simply revelled in her indiscretions. I’ve never found them hostile. She went down, flushed and light-hearted, to the Widgetts’
after lunch to make some final arrangements and then, as soon as her aunt had
retired to lie down for her usual digestive hour, took the risk of the servants
having the enterprise to report her proceedings and carried her bag and hold-all
to the garden gate, whence Teddy, in a state of ecstatic service, bore them to the
railway station. In the distance a bell clanged, and chattering broke out in the doorway as
several nuns came crowding in. The first Step towards the Ladder. He entered the room
with his usual deliberation, and looked covertly about him. Books!
She knew now what had saved her—her mother's hand, reaching down from
heaven, had set the giver's flaming eyes upon the covers of these books. Already she missed all of
her fine things, her linens and leather bound books. It was time to disappear, no more Becks, no more
Spaghetti Nights, no more afternoon kisses in the park
with John Diedermayer. Only the night before, in the dining room of the Hong-Kong Hotel, she had
watched him empty glass after glass of whisky, and shudder and shudder. “It’s settled. ’
‘Very much so,’ Gerald said, matching her tone, and at once forced the
discussion back to his own point of interest by adding, ‘I was particularly struck
by those poor Valades. “We’re going to be found out someday. Gerald’s breath caught.
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