Danger, in the form he
apprehended, was lurking outside: nor was he destined to enjoy long repose. As
she hoisted her skirts near her waist, she thought ruefully
of the last time she had worn such an elaborate gown,
sometime near 1910 when petticoats were still considered
hip everyday garb. He rolled on
top of her, pinning her with his arms and forming a
tented cage. "Jonathan has threatened to do her
some mischief. Ruth will
be a gold mine for a man of your peculiar bent. . You would
be alarmed of how sulphurous it is, how sickeningly
sweet. But don't let my name frighten you. He dragged it out, and perceiving, in spite of the
decayed frame, that it was the body of Sir Rowland Trenchard, commanded his
attendants to convey it up stairs—an order which was promptly obeyed. She was aware of the body of the court, of clerks seated at a black
table littered with papers, of policemen standing about stiffly with expressions of
conscious integrity, and a murmuring background of the heads and shoulders of
spectators close behind her. "
"Not while Thames Darrell and Sir Rowland live. The doctor turned quickly and made for the door,
which he opened and shut gently because he was assured that Ruth was listening
across the hall for any sign of violence.
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