That she possessed any sense of humour was in itself one of those human miracles which metaphysicians are always pothering over without arriving anywhere; for her previous environment had been particularly humourless. One transgression; he was sure of that. A fire enveloped her, a fire which was strangely healing, filling her heart with warmth, blotting out the menace of the world. He had known she would be shocked, but he was equally certain Melusine would have refused to see her grandfather had she been forewarned. “Miserable bounder,” he murmured. It was a night well-fitted to their enterprise, calm, still, and profoundly dark. And this shall be your diet till you die. Followed by Van Galgebrok and others of his retinue, he then rushed into the room, where Rowland, Sir Cecil, and their attendants, stood with drawn swords prepared to receive them. “By Jove!” he broke out, “one tries to take a serious, sober view. ‘You, Mademoiselle Charvill, are as unlike most of your sex as you can be. Was she a fool to wish a person of a disposition altogether not pleasing to marry her? Was it not true that he made a game with her very often? Had he not been extremely interfering from the beginning? And had he not kissed her, just when— Her thoughts skidded to a stop. "I don't deserve it," he said, at length; "but I would have risked a thousand deaths to enjoy this moment's happiness.
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