’ The questions that had long haunted her came out at last. For the
young, immortality must seem promising, even
wonderful! The grass is always greener on the other
side. That would be him. ”
“I will think of it,” she promised. As this gentleman was going away, he
said to Jack in a jesting manner, 'that he should be glad to see him to-night at
supper. 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. "
"Do not talk thus, dear mother," returned Jack, gazing anxiously at her pale
countenance, "or I shall not be able to quit you. Into this new world, vivid with colour, came Spurlock, receptively. Only her ungloved fingers, and the arms in their long tight sleeves as
she held the heavy gun aloft, bore any sign of stiffness. What you would look upon as immorality
is here merely an established custom, three thousand years older than
Christianity, accepted with no more ado than that which would accompany you
should you become a clerk in a shop. D'ye hear. Such freedoms from such
people were not to be endured. It wasn’t
anything splendid, you know.
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