The younger of
the two, who was seated next to Jack, and seemed to monopolize his attention,
could not be more than seventeen, though her person had all the maturity of
twenty. Her senses were prickled
when she felt a new pair of eyes upon her. “Not too bad. Hitchings, who seem to be absolutely engrossed
in one another, and a boy of about seventeen, who no sooner got here than he
discovered that he wanted to see a man in the promenade and disappeared. When, by slow and toilsome efforts, he had arrived midway, something
obstructed his further progress. He returned her impressive greeting almost mechanically. ’
Speeding down the two flights of stairs, Gerald mentally thanked God that it
was the practice of himself and Roding—in case of emergency, of which this
was a prime example—to stable their horses at the posting inns all the way to
London.
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