The vestry was perhaps the only room in the place, except her allotted
curtained off portion of the dormitory chamber that served for her cell—and she
could not scandalise the nuns by having a man in there, be he never so much a
servant—where Melusine could be sure of privacy. Fortescue tried to act embarrassment in order to conceal its reality, and
Ann Veronica went on to ask a string of questions about acting, and whether her
sister would act, and was she beautiful enough for it, and who would make her
dresses, and so on. "
"Are you sure of this?" asked Thames, who, though as brave a lad as need be,
could not repress a shudder at the intelligence. And now take
away those cards, and never let me see them again. They then swiftly mounted the stairs, and
stopped before the audience-chamber. None at all. The reward is mine. I suppose this is the sort of damned rubbish—”
“Oh! Ssh, Peter!” cried Miss Stanley. “You seem to have cultivated quite a
jaunty appearance, and you certainly look years younger. Do not underestimate my power.
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