She was never able to
trace the changes her attitude had undergone, from the time when she believed
herself to be the pampered Queen of Fortune, the crown of a good man’s love
(and secretly, but nobly, worshipping some one else), to the time when she
realized she was in fact just a mannequin for her lover’s imagination, and that he
cared no more for the realities of her being, for the things she felt and desired,
for the passions and dreams that might move her, than a child cares for the
sawdust in its doll. ”
A sudden sense of the gravity of this thing came home to Anna. ’
‘Very true. But Melusine had overcome the weakness, calling the loss
but a temporary setback. Something to tell you. ”
He called for a hansom. ’
A hand seemed to grip in Melusine’s chest and she hit out. The young man desperately ill and the girl taking care of him! Of course, there
could be only one ending to such a bout with liquor, and that ending had come
perhaps suddenly but not surprisingly. I must say what I have to say!”
“But not now—not here. "
"Two can play at that game, my blood," replied Sheppard, rising, and putting
himself into a posture of defence. She acted as her
mother had taught her to. She was
fatigued physically and mentally, and neither mind nor body could rest. She dressed quickly,
pulling on white jeans and a red tee shirt.
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