Not far from the entrance, on the left,
was a sort of screen, or partition-wall, reaching from the floor to the ceiling,
formed of thick oaken planks riveted together by iron bolts, and studded with
broad-headed nails. Without a word, without a sign, Enschede started
toward the beach, where his proa waited. All these
wonderful comrades, henceforth and for ever hers. ‘This journey I do not like,’ she said more loudly. She reached for the door handle. A few bricks,
dislodged probably by his last descent, came clattering down the chimney, and as
it was perfectly dark, gave him the notion that some one was endeavouring to
force an entrance into the room. He sprung out of the
driver’s side and ran to her door. So, here he was, on the last lap of
middle age, in China, having missed all the thrills in life except one—the war
against Death. ”
“You did not——”
“Wait, Annabel! When I arrived in London I went to live in the cheapest place I
could find. Would it be Thérèse?’
She shook her head. He had never
wanted daughters. The eyes left him, searching beside the chair
for her cane. Kneebone said, just now. ’
‘It is well seen you are not Gérard,’ Melusine said, but thankful now that he
was not.
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