“Gross. Her spirit awoke in
dismay to an affection in ruins, to the immense undignified disaster that had
come to them. At Christmas he gave her a set of a small
edition of Meredith’s novels, very prettily bound in flexible leather, being guided
in the choice of an author, as he intimated, rather by her preferences than his
own. From what do you wish to be
rescued?’
The girl fluttered her eyelashes, sighed dramatically and spread her hands. "
"How long have I been in bed?"
"A week. ”
“You—you did what?” Anna exclaimed. For her pride’s sake, and to save herself from long day-dreams and an
unappeasable longing for her lover, Ann Veronica worked hard at her biology
during those closing weeks. ’
Quick anger flared, surpassing the fluttering hope. Brendon and Courtlaw who had been
watching for her, met her at the door. The
ruffled chemise-front under the wide lapels of her waistcoat and jacket no longer
quivered, and her pose, with the full cloth petticoat spreading about her, was
relaxed. ’
She was too distressed to bear this. “There’s endless reasons, no doubt, why we shouldn’t,” he said. A bowl of roses, just brought by Ann Veronica, adorned the communal
dressing-table, and Ann Veronica was particularly trim in preparation for a call
she was to make with her aunt later in the afternoon. “Oh. ’
Gerald tutted.
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