Ann Veronica
found herself incompetent, undignified, and detestable, holding on desperately to
a hardening antagonism to her father, quarrelling with him, wrangling with him,
thinking of repartees—almost as if he was a brother. "Nothin'—nothin'," returned Blueskin; "only I thought—"
"You saw the hangman, no doubt," said Jack. Afterwards, it
may be different. ‘Jarvis Remenham was your
mother’s father. ‘I’m not going to
arrest you, young Jack—yet. I can't
spare you at present. He was not, it seemed, the proper stipendiary at all, and there had been
some demur to his jurisdiction that had ruffled him. The garrets were said to be tenanted by
coiners, and artists employed in altering watches and jewelry; the cellars to be
used as a magazine for stolen goods. From time to time, however, he was baffled. ”
Annabel shrugged her shoulders. Pews had been brought in
and set in two rows before the huge table, covered in white cloth, that formed the
altar at the far end. She had a gold watch, a
very good gold watch that had been her mother’s, a pearl necklace that was also
pretty good, some unpretending rings, some silver bangles and a few other such
inferior trinkets, three pounds thirteen shillings unspent of her dress and book
allowance and a few good salable books.
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