The coachman
answered by a surly grunt, and, plying his whip with redoubled zeal, shaped his
course down Dyot Street; traversed that part of Holborn, which is now called
Broad Street, and where two ancient alms-houses were, then, standing in the
middle of that great thoroughfare, exactly opposite the opening of Compston
Street; and, diving under a wide gateway on the left, soon reached a more open
space, surrounded by mean habitations, coach-houses and stables, called
Kendrick Yard, at the further end of which Saint Giles's round-house was
situated. ’
‘You see, I am of them,’ she said seriously, ‘but not with them—yet. Perhaps I'd better open it now. I will ring if I want you. A slender young man,
wearing glasses, appeared from the shadow of the nearest van. She
became eager to explain herself, to show herself in the right light. ‘If ever I met such a pair of lunatics!’
‘Give me that, Hilary,’ Gerald said at once, ignoring his remark and reaching
out for the handkerchief. ’
‘Indeed? Interesting. Before he could draw in the rein, his steed—startled apparently
by some object undistinguishable by the rider,—swerved with such suddenness
as to unseat him, and precipitate him on the ground. “The first is to
discover what she is here for, and where she is staying. What does it matter? It is here,
and it is here to stay. ‘Bête,’ she flung at him. ’
‘Like your father,’ Gerald put in deliberately. As time wore on, and they did not return, Mr. She had delicate oval features, light, laughing blue eyes, a pretty nez
retroussé, (why have we not the term, since we have the best specimens of the
feature?) teeth of pearly whiteness, and a brilliant complexion, set off by rich
auburn hair, a very white neck and shoulders,—the latter, perhaps, a trifle too
much exposed.
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