. . “Should I leave? Sounds like she is running out of
food. On one side of the chapel there was a large grated window, but, as it looked upon
the interior of the jail, Jack preferred following the course he had originally
decided upon to making any attempt in this quarter. Every now and then her general presence became radiantly dazzling
in his eyes; she would appear in the street coming toward him, a surprise, so fine
and smiling and welcoming was she, so expanded and illuminated and living, in
contrast with his mere expectation. After an affectionate parting with Winifred, Thames was conducted by the
carpenter to his sleeping apartment—a comfortable cosy chamber; such a one, in
short, as can only be met with in the country, with its dimity-curtained bed, its
sheets fragrant of lavender, its clean white furniture, and an atmosphere
breathing of freshness. He recognized the
handwriting, and turned a shade paler. It was not due to
shyness: it was the inherent instinct of the Woman, a protective fear that she
must retain some elements of mystery in order to hold the interest of the male. Canton at night is as much China as the
border town of Lan-Chow-fu. Unless there
was some real metal in the young fool, some hidden strength with which to
breast the current, Ruth would become a millstone around his neck and soon he
would become to her an object of pity and contempt. The blow had brought him back
to the realm of sober thought. ”
Ann Veronica looked at her thoughtfully for a moment, and decided to persist
on principle. Then Alderman Dunstable, who had hitherto been
silent, broke out into speech and went off at a tangent, and gave his personal
impressions of quite a number of his fellow-councillors. At least one of
them was caught and put away. She read on and on, now thrilled by the
swiftly moving drama, now enraptured by the tender passages of love.
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