“I have always,” she admitted calmly, “taken a certain amount of interest in Annabel’s future. That had taken her by surprise, and her tired wits had failed her. “Go on!” “People talked to you in Paris about us,” she continued, “about Anna the virtuous and Annabel the rake. “An Oracle is a vampire, of course. Tears flowed in rivulets down 121 her cheeks and she began to cry. Here you only waste your time. And she felt that if she went home it was imperative to pay. ‘The secret passage!’ It did not take long to find the mechanism of the candlesconce that opened the door. This is your moment. Moving swiftly to the end of the corridor, he pushed open a door at random and entered a large room, which looked to have been a saloon, judging from the faded gilt and crimson wall-paper, a mirror above the fireplace which was surrounded by an ornate gilded frame, now sadly tarnished, and a worn Chippendale sofa with striped upholstery and tasselled cushions. And, though neither peace nor innocence can be restored to my bosom; though tears cannot blot out my offences, nor sorrow drown my shame; yet, knowing that my penitence is sincere, I do not despair that my transgressions may be forgiven. To have sprung this upon them to-night would have been worth a thousand pounds. I will light the stove, and there shall be some coffee presently. I should feel that I had been obliged to find some one else to fight my battles for me. But if his frame was immature, his looks were not so.
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