Gifts came from Florence: rubies and emeralds, a beautiful statue of Santa Maria for their garden grotto, a gorgeous silk tapestry of a hunting scene that alone made the price of her dowry look paltry. He rolled onto his belly, freeing himself from her hands, pushing her away. O'Higgins wandered into this street and that, studying the signs and resenting the Britisher's wariness in using too much tin and paint. Instead, she laughed, laughed with lips and eyes, laughed till the tears ran down her cheeks. Before his departure, he gave his assistant a glove. He had now reached the adjoining house, and, scaling the roof, approached another building, which seemed to be, at least, one story loftier than its neighbours. “The truth!” Annabel bent over her and whispered in her sister’s ear. Thieves and pickpockets are his constant companions. He was always anticipating, stepping into the future, torturing himself with non-existent troubles. For a time I didn't know we'd ever find you. It consisted of a full-dress coat of brown flowered velvet, laced with silver; a waistcoat of white satin, likewise richly embroidered; shoes with red heels, and large diamond buckles; pearlcoloured silk stockings with gold clocks; a muslin cravat, or steen-kirk, as it was termed, edged with the fine point lace; ruffles of the same material, and so ample as almost to hide the tips of his fingers; and a silver-hilted sword. “The truth!” It was a moment of awkwardness between the two sisters —a moment, too, charged with its own psychological interest, for there were secrets between them which for many months had made their intercourse a constrained and difficult thing.
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