"
He laughed and followed her into the hotel. \"This is my best friend, Mark. Wood had the
advantage of her husband in point of years, being on the sunny side of forty,—a
period pronounced by competent judges to be the most fascinating, and, at the
same time, most critical epoch of woman's existence,—whereas, he was on the
shady side of fifty,—a term of life not generally conceived to have any special
recommendation in female eyes. But supposing he is? Supposing he made but
one misstep? Your island would be a haven of security. “My
dear girl,” he said, in a tone of patient reasonableness, “you are a mere child. For a moment or two Gerald stood in the total silence of amazement, his pistol
up and pointing, aware that Hilary was likewise stunned, standing with halfdrawn sword. This, Wood, acting upon Terry's caution,
was most unwilling to do; but, finding he had no alternative, he reluctantly made
known his errand and the bolts were undrawn. There's something queer about that young man; but we'll
never be able to find out what it is. The
small predator subconsciously acknowledged the larger
one. She
mentally resolved to do her best to avoid personal
encounters with him in that instant. "
"With a face as square and flat as a bottle of gin. She leaped to a
world of shabby knowledge, of furtive base realizations. “By Jove!” she said, standing up at last, “that about finishes it, Ann
Veronica!”
CHAPTER THE TENTH
THE SUFFRAGETTES
Part 1
“There is only one way out of all this,” said Ann Veronica, sitting up in her
little bed in the darkness and biting at her nails.
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