Jackson took an accurate survey of the room with his one
eye, Mr. ”
“Do you think that it was wise of you, or kind to come?” she asked quietly. She had
taken care he should have this momentous talk with her on a garden-seat
commanded by the windows of the house. \" Diane Vorsack
chirped with the grin of a Cheshire Cat, extending her
right hand in greeting. There was little more here than a sideboard, a chest for the vestments, and a
simple wooden chair. ”
“Check for yourself in the driveway. “It’s like this,” he said, and dragged a stool beside her and sat down with his
elbow four inches from hers and made a sketch. “Do you think that it is kind of you, Miss Pellissier,” he said, almost roughly, “to
ignore your friends so? In your heart you know quite well that you could pay
Sydney or me no greater compliment than to give us just a little of your
confidence. He admitted that it would bore him to dally here in Canton, with
the pleasures of Hong-Kong so close. She took to listening through closed
doors. But
this is a great lark, Ann Veronica! This turns life into a glorious adventure!”
“Ah!” she cried in triumph. She found herself
anxious to read more of him, and the next Wednesday she went to the British
Museum and hunted first among the half-crown magazines for his essays and
then through various scientific quarterlies for his research papers. We'll be upon the ban-dogs before they can shake their trotters!"
And the alarm was sounded more loudly than ever. She walked through the office to the
door, aimlessly.
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