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Glad to make peace on any terms, Mr. To
O'Higgins—for all his sordid business he was not insensible to beauty—to
O'Higgins she appeared to have entered the room with the light. ’
Hilary Roding groaned, but obediently followed Gerald as he began to make
his way through the trees towards the back to a vantage point from where they
might examine the rear of Remenham House. CHAPTER I. Neither did his interest,—which was by no means
inconsiderable,—nor his general popularity, procure him the preferment he
desired. I wonder——”
He turned slowly round. He kissed her
fingers and grinned. She felt smaller and more adventurous even
than she had expected to feel. Whenever Jack
attempted to speak, he was checked by an angry growl from Abraham; and
Thames, though his heart was full almost to bursting, felt no inclination to break
the silence. ’
He made a pretence of rising and making a sortie to the corner to see if anyone
was there. ‘And how do you propose to get in?’
‘Scullery window. And there, about Saas, are ice
and snows again, and sometimes we will loiter among the rocks and trees about
Saas or peep into Samuel Butler’s chapels, and sometimes we will climb up out
of the way of the other people on to the glaciers and snow. ’
***
It must have been fate, Gerald decided, near an hour later, staring intently at the
closed French windows on the raised alcove that led out to the terrace. However this may be now, it
was unquestionably true of old Newgate.
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