“To the young man himself,” he answered, “no! I simply object to his calling
here two or three times a week during my absence. The galleries adjoining it were
crowded with spectators,—so was the roof of a large tavern, then the only house
standing at the end of the Edgeware Road,—so were the trees,—the walls of
Hyde Park,—a neighbouring barn, a shed,—in short, every available position. If the young ladies were
dowerless, which seemed likely, their attire at least—so Lucilla assured him in a
whisper—was of the first stare. She is, in her way, a dear. But for Ruth, he, Howard
Spurlock, might have ended upon the beach, inescapably damned. ’
‘You surprise me. What a girl of sixteen cares for is hair and a high color and
moonlight and a tenor voice. ‘Cajolery? This is not your style. She could visualize the picture she had presented, particularly the battered
papier-mâché kitbag at her feet. ”
“He’s utterly, completely hot. As a matter of fact it isn’t their affair. “I was very foolish to have been
deceived even for a moment. Find out what I have done or failed to do. "
The latter part of this speech was delivered with so much significance of manner,
that a bystander might have inferred that Mr.
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