“Are you aware, Ann Veronica, you nearly throttled that gentleman?”
Then she reviled her own foolish way of putting it. You haven’t an idea what the sort of employment you could get
there would be like, the sort of people you would be mixed up with. Mr. "Heaven help us!" he exclaimed; "we were mad to neglect the old sailor's
advice. ”
Ann Veronica looked at the mildly pensive gray eyes and the comfortable,
rather refined face with a penetrating curiosity. She listened with growing apprehension to the
tale that Gerald told, omitting any mention of pistols and daggers, and at the end
delivered herself of various expletives highly unsuited to a lady of her advanced
years. ’
‘Yes, that is reasonable,’ agreed Melusine, nodding. ”
She relented. She hastened past. He flung Ruth aside, careless whether she fell or
not. ‘Very inventive. “And now let us leave the men alone and
talk about ourselves. Here he was almost stunned by the deafening clamour
resounding on all sides. He seated himself before it. The
music took hold of her slowly as her eyes wandered from the indistinct still
ranks of the audience to the little busy orchestra with its quivering violins, its
methodical movements of brown and silver instruments, its brightly lit scores
and shaded lights.
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