Capes stood side by side upon an old Persian carpet that
did duty as a hearthrug in the dining-room of their flat and surveyed a shining
dinner-table set for four people, lit by skilfully-shaded electric lights, brightened
by frequent gleams of silver, and carefully and simply adorned with sweet-pea
blossom. They were exquisite. At the same
time,” she added, in a suddenly altered tone, “it isn’t anything whatever to do
with you, is it?”
“Why not?” he answered. I don’t want to influence you
unduly—But—They’re artistic people, Vee. The word handsome was a little beyond her grasp. She had not seen him in two and a half
centuries. The man’s passion
became almost unbearable at the thought of losing her. I saw
someone in there whom I have always hoped that I should never meet again. Women, she had been taught, who exposed the flesh
of their bodies under the eyes of man were in a special catagory of the damned. . But I liked the things you said here. At present, he is under the
protection of Jonathan Wild. "
"No; she accepts it," rejoined Jonathan, triumphantly. When Jack came to speak of Jonathan Wild, his countenance fell.
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