She felt privileged above other women at parties, where
she was on display as all the duchesses and queens looked
upon her with envy as he was so clearly entranced by her
in every way. The Jacobite daws
want a scarecrow. ’
‘But Gérard knows. She doubted how she stood toward
him and what the restrained gleam of his face might signify. But at the beginning of the affray, when he
thought every one was too much occupied with his own concerns to remark his
absence, he slipped out of the room, not for the purpose of avoiding the
engagement (for cowardice was not one of his failings), but because he had
another object in view. “Tell him that he is mad. “I do hope you will see how things are, and not be offended with me or
frightfully shocked and distressed by what I have done. But, urged by his wife's cries, who was more anxious for the preservation of
her child's life than her own, he snatched up the infant, and made his escape
from the back of the premises. The young man was
mollified by her sympathy, and flattered by the obvious attempts of several of
the other guests to draw him into conversation. ”
“I can’t be portentous, dear, when you’re about. Gerald saw her eyes change as she recognised him. ”
“Strongly,” said Mr.
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