The service had not proceeded far, when she was greatly disturbed by the
entrance of a person who placed himself opposite her, and sought to attract her
attention by a number of little arts, surveying her, as he did so, with a very
impudent and offensive stare. He looked distant, irritated. Indignation carried her through that night, that men and the world could so
entreat her. ‘Only you made me lose my temper, and—’
‘I made you do so? Pah!’
Gerald at last succeeded in ripping the handkerchief from her grasp, and
swiftly held it to her neck, oblivious to her now bloodied fingers clawing at his
hand. 8. Still, something had marked the
face, something had left an indelible touch. "
"Would you like to have me read to you?"
He did not answer. . ’
While he trod a deliberate path through the pink saloon towards the door,
Gerald encouraged a flow of harmless chatter about the people Madame had met
and the parties she had attended. Within that dungeon lay Captain Bew,
Rumbold and Whitney—a jolly crew!
All carved their names on the stone, and all
Share the fate of the brave Du Val!
With their chisels so fine, tra la!
"Save us!" continued the apprentice, "I hope this beam doesn't resemble the
Newgate stone; or I may chance, like the great men the song speaks of, to swing
on the Tyburn tree for my pains. . “But you yourself,” she exclaimed, glancing into his face, “you too look tired. You
could walk the city streets and with every blink you could
take in a new sight of beauty so great that your heart
would weep for it.
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