"
So Ruth heard about the poets; she became tolerably familiar with the exploits of
that engaging ruffian Cellini; she heard of the pathetic deafness of Beethoven;
she was thrilled, saddened, exhilarated; and on the evening of the twelfth day she
made bold to enter the talk. Accepting his glass from the butler, Gerald glanced at Mrs Sindlesham and
saw a dimple peep out. But for all that, it offered relief; his brain, stupefied by the fumes, grew
dull, and conscience lost its edge to bite. “It is a secret mission,” she declared. Lose no
time. Here and there, a rectangular
patch, darker than the rest, showed that some had been removed. He was offered the Bowl, but he left it and smiled,
Crying, "Keep it till call'd for by JONATHAN WILD!
"The rascal one day,
"Will pass by this way,
"And drink a full measure to moisten his clay!
"And never will Bowl of Saint Giles have beguiled
"Such a thorough-paced scoundrel as JONATHAN WILD!"
V. ”
She glanced shyly at the mirror above her dressing-table, and then about her at
the furniture, as though it might penetrate to the thoughts that peeped in her
mind. She returned home through a world that was as roseate as
it had been gray overnight. You lack only that mechanical knack of expression
which is the least important part of an artist’s equipment, but which remains a
tedious and absolute necessity. Always the other things
remained. We can love on a
snow cornice, we can love over a pail of whitewash. From what she could tell, he truly had
convinced himself that he was in love with her, but she
knew that his ardor would fade eventually inasmuch as
she knew John’s would. They went on talking
in the train—it seemed to her father a slight want of deference to him—and he
listened and pretended to read the Times. He's nice.
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