The small grey feathers of her exquisitely shaped fan waved gently backwards
and forwards. ’
‘No, perhaps not,’ Gerald agreed with a smile. At the first glance, he imagined he must have stumbled upon a museum of
rarities, there were so many glass-cases, so many open cabinets, ranged against
the walls; but the next convinced him that if Jonathan was a virtuoso, his tastes
did not run in the ordinary channels. A white apron was tied round his waist, and into the apron was thrust a short
thick truncheon, which looked very much like a rolling-pin. Cased and ribbed with stone, and
braced with horizontal beams of timber, the piles, which formed the foundation
of these jetties, had resisted the strong encroachments of the current for
centuries. A little table covered with a damask cloth was dragged
out. ” His voice assumed an easy
detached tone. John knew everybody, it seemed. But it is the truth. They were things I had meant very much to talk to you about, so that I
went home vexed and disappointed, and only relieved myself a little by writing a
few verses. I'll put them in your room; then we'll have a look-see. He was not there. He stood a little anxious and fussy, bothered by the
responsibility of her, entirely careless of what her life was or was likely to be,
ignoring her thoughts and feelings, ignorant of every fact of importance in her
life, explaining everything he could not understand in her as nonsense and
perversity, concerned only with a terror of bothers and undesirable situations. ’
‘I didn’t say I did not enjoy it,’ Gerald protested. Parbleu, but must she do this all through the house?
Evidently she must, for not only could she not properly see the paintings and
portraits that hung on the walls, but she was in imminent danger of bumping into
the sheet-shrouded furniture.
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