It occasionally troubled the major that Hilary’s staunch loyalty had led
him into hair-raising exploits at Gerald’s side, for he was perfectly aware that
Hilary would not have dreamed of deserting him. As she learned more and more of his knowledge,
she began to realize how much faith and trust he invested
in her. ’
‘Must we talk of it? I’m trying to forget it. Spurling, you're a witness to the bet. I made Hainault’s acquaintance,
stood him drinks, lent him money. "
"It's light. Usually his charges bored him with their interrogative chatter, for
he knew that his information more often than not went into one ear and out of
the other. ‘What is it that you told him?’
‘Nothing, miss, I swear. She was never able to
trace the changes her attitude had undergone, from the time when she believed
herself to be the pampered Queen of Fortune, the crown of a good man’s love
(and secretly, but nobly, worshipping some one else), to the time when she
realized she was in fact just a mannequin for her lover’s imagination, and that he
cared no more for the realities of her being, for the things she felt and desired,
for the passions and dreams that might move her, than a child cares for the
sawdust in its doll. She exhaled, feeling the tension drain
from her shoulders and arms. He was keen to get to work, but the inspiration would not come. "
"You're not going to betray me!" cried Jack, in alarm. To be sure," he added, lowering his tone, "they wos little 'uns, and
one on 'em was smothered—ough! ough!—how this cough chokes me!"
Sheppard, meanwhile, whose hands were at liberty, managed to possess himself,
unperceived, of the spike of a halbert, which was lying, apart from the pole,
upon a bench near him.
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