His tongue
was more ready, his wit more keen than usual. The haste to send her upon her way now had but one interpretation—the
recognition of his own immediate danger, the fear that if this tender association
continued, he would end in offering her a calamity quite as impossible as that
which had happened—the love of a man who was in all probability older than
her father! The hurt was no less intensive because it was so ridiculous. And do you, Jack, attend to your work, and mind you don't get into further
mischief. I didn’t realize—I don’t see how I can get out of it now. ”
Annabel moistened her dry lips with a handkerchief steeped in eau de Cologne. It seemed to her that it was her duty to get
up and clamor to go home to her room, to protest against his advances as an
insult. You say you need a man. “I have just ordered a carriage
for her. The great ordeal—that which she had most dreaded—had proved to be no ordeal
at all. After all, what did it matter?—it or anything else in the world? She was
within reach of his arms, beautiful, compelling, herself as it seemed suddenly
conscious of the light which was burning in his eyes. "Quick. The
owner was at the door unhooking a few articles of wearing apparel which he had
exposed outside for sale. ”
Annabel looked at him curiously.
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