By-the-bye, do you recognize that?”
Anna looked and gasped. ”
She led the way to the door, and Manning passed behind her and round her
and opened the door for her. His face, as he
looked down where his hand sought for a weapon concealed in her petticoat, was
so close that she could see only the line of his firm jaw, the drag of his powdered
hair that drew it into the military pigtail, and the black ribbon that adorned it. Sheppard raised her hand, and the malediction trembled upon her tongue. The door was fastened by a catch and a latch with an inside key, to which at
night a chain and two bolts were added. I was to
blame to carry the matter so far. She found the silence comforting, as
old people often do. I’ve had enough of it. There is a musical
programme, and we have the windows open and blinds up, and a pink lamp
shade over the piano lamp—a sort of advertisement of the place, you know. Along the inner
side was a wonderfully arranged series of displayed specimens that Russell
himself had prepared.
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