The minute he discovers Roding here, he’ll know
something is up. His curiosity, his literary instincts, had been submerged by the
recurring thought of the fool he had made of himself. Captain Hilary Roding and his inamorata,
Miss Lucilla Froxfield. ’
Lady Bicknacre, resplendent in purple satin, and basking in her triumphantly
full rooms—for it was obvious that her patronage of the refugees had set a
quickly to be followed fashion—was all sorrow and sympathy when Gerald
spoke of them. Another was Baptist Kettleby, and a third, in a Dutch dress,
was recognised by his grizzled beard as the skipper, Van Galgebrok. Miss Moffatt, the history and moral instruction
mistress, was particularly explicit upon this score, and they all agreed in
indicating contempt and pity for girls whose minds ran on such matters, and who
betrayed it in their conversation or dress or bearing.
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