He just
walked in a few minutes ago. "You are the son of Sir
Montacute Trenchard, of Ashton-Hall, near Manchester. The sunshine broke across each shoulder, one lance
striking the yellow face of a Chinaman, queueless and dressed in European
clothes, the other lance falling squarely upon the face of the man he had
journeyed thirteen thousand miles to find. Kneebone took his
leave. Ann Veronica found herself in the presence of the most disconcerting fact in
human experience, the kindliness of people you believe to be thoroughly wrong. "What proof have you of the truth of this story?" inquired Trenchard. Their small talk continued. Poor thing! how beautiful she looks! but how like
death!"
Deathlike, indeed, was the repose of the sleeper,—deathlike and deep. A bowl of roses, just brought by Ann Veronica, adorned the communal
dressing-table, and Ann Veronica was particularly trim in preparation for a call
she was to make with her aunt later in the afternoon.
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