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HISTORY OF AN ABDUCTION
She had not seen him for hundreds of years. Only it was with a further and most unbelieving
shrug of the shoulders that he resumed his seat. "Come," said Wild, turning authoritatively to Jack,—"you have overstayed your
time. Ye gods! what a
wilderness it is! Every one trying to get the better of every one, every one
regardless of every one—it’s one of those days when every one bumps against
you—every one pouring coal smoke into the air and making confusion worse
confounded, motor omnibuses clattering and smelling, a horse down in the
Tottenham Court Road, an old woman at the corner coughing dreadfully—all the
painful sights of a great city, and here you come into it to take your chances. Happy to do anything in my power. ’
‘Why should I?’
‘Because I can’t live without you!’
‘That is your own affair, and—’
Melusine broke off, staring at him, shocked realisation kicking in her gut.
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