Part 2
In the late afternoon, as Ann Veronica was gathering flowers for the dinnertable, her father came strolling across the lawn toward her with an affectation of
great deliberation. ’
‘What do you mean?’
‘You must be got rid of, that is seen. But Ruth was his woman, and he had sworn to God to defend
her. "
"And why not, old saltwater?" inquired Ben, turning a quid in his mouth. ‘Why, what have I said?’
‘You said to me my name. He is
coming here to tea. Ann Veronica brought her luggage in a cab from the hotel; she tipped the hotel
porter sixpence and overpaid the cabman eighteenpence, unpacked some of her
books and possessions, and so made the room a little homelike, and then sat
down in a by no means uncomfortable arm-chair before the fire. The barometer says nothing, neither the sky nor
the water; the skipper has the "feel" that out yonder there's a big blow moving. Indeed,
she did not want to think of him as loving her. . He smiled grandly; she could feel the
radiance of his approval from across the wedding table. ’
Rather to his surprise, she obeyed this injunction as he led her up two flights
of stairs to the first floor. He reminds me of a slave I once had in
Rome with those sullen dark eyes and that wistful pout. The
psychic vibration of him thickened the air of the room as
if he were already inside. "
"Confidentially, I'm assured that he has another.
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