Easy enough. Lucy could see Diane’s clear dislike of her, the
foster background she had come from, and the single
mysterious episode with the police that had inflamed the
gossips from all the corners of town. “It is not, of course, a pleasant subject of
conversation for you or for me, yet I think I may venture to suggest to you that
your sister’s—er—indiscretions—have reached a point which makes a
separation between you almost a necessity. “Of course we go to school. If you’ll forgive my saying
that, and implying what goes with it. ’
Melusine edged a little away from the portrait. Why? He could preach the Word and
deny Love!—tame the savage heart, succour broken white men!—pray with his
face strained with religious fervour! The idea made her dizzy because it was so
inexplicable. ’
‘I thank you,’ Gerald said drily. He made Hong-Kong
at dusk: wet, hungry, and a bit groggy for the want of sleep; but he was in no
wise discouraged.
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