”
“And I,” Ennison said, holding her fingers tightly, and forcing her to look into
his eyes, “I will tell you what I have wished for you when we meet six months
from to-day. A black-garbed young lad leapt out and let down the
steps. I will make her my Grail, and some day, perhaps, if God wills, she shall
become my wife!’”
He looked very hard before him as he said this, and his voice was full of deep
feeling. ‘Melusine!’
Distracted, Gosse blinked and his eyes flicked away from Melusine’s just as
she flung the fullness of her gathered petticoats in the way of his blade. “No,” she said, under her breath, “you can’t face it. Her natural instincts
reasserted themselves. “The fellow is not such a blackguard, after all. Since the accession of George the First to the throne in the
preceding year, every effort had been made by the partisans of the Stuarts to
shake the credit of the existing government, and to gain supporters to their cause.
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