"
"Propose it," returned Blueskin, inclining his head. Ruth did not
reply, but stared past the doctor, her eyes misty. "I could hang him now if I liked. Knap. You didn’t see me fall into a swoon when you cursed just now, did
you?’
‘I’m beginning to doubt if anything less than a sledgehammer would send you
into a swoon,’ Gerald retorted. She laughed till the tears stood in her eyes. He is steeped in the conventions. Anna picked up an ancient magazine, and began to
turn over the pages in a leisurely way. She felt that she had
passed a difficult corner, and that now she could go on talking with him again,
just as she had been used to do before she understood what was the matter with
her. She was an indignant queen, no doubt she was
alarmed and disgusted within limits; but she was highly excited, and there was
something, some low adventurous strain in her being, some element, subtle at
least if base, going about the rioting ways and crowded insurgent meeting-places
of her mind declaring that the whole affair was after all—they are the only words
that express it—a very great lark indeed. She pawed at him, her hunger for
his body making her dizzy with anticipation. ‘Housebreaking, Hilary? I take the matter of housebreaking
very seriously, I’ll have you know. He seemed to know a great deal about life.
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