“By-the-bye, Lady Ferringhall,” he said, “do you know that I am a very great
admirer of your sister’s? I wonder if she has ever spoken to you of me. Men had tried that
before, but never until now had they been quick enough. I know that in my heart I would take whatever he
gave. She was aware of
people—her aunt, her father, her fellow-students, friends, and neighbors—
moving about outside this glowing secret, very much as an actor is aware of the
dim audience beyond the barrier of the footlights. “I have answered all your questions,” she said. The island had evidently grown round this lagoon,
approached it gradually from the volcanic upheaval—an island of coral and lava. “We are only in the dawn of the Age of
Friendship,” he said, “when interest, I suppose, will take the place of passions. We’re handfuls. At this moment, a door was opened below; lights gleamed on
the walls; and the figures of Rowland and Sir Cecil were distinguished at the
foot of the stairs. ”
“How much longer can you stay here?”
“I was hoping to graduate this time. ’
‘But why?’ asked Melusine, astonished, and somewhat overwhelmed by the
other girl’s volubility.
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