. Why hadn't he gone on with the girl's story? What instinct had stuffed it back into his throat? Why the inexplicable impulse to hurry this rather pathetic derelict on his way? CHAPTER XV Previous to his illness, Spurlock's mind had been tortured by an appalling worry, so that now, in the process of convalescence, it might be compared to a pool which had been violently stirred: there were indications of subsidence, but there were still strange forms swirling on the surface—whims and fancies which in normal times would never have risen above sub-consciousness. Amid this tumult, several men armed with tremendous bludgeons, with their faces besmeared with grease and soot, and otherwise disguised, were observed to be urging the populace to attempt a rescue. “And what is it all about, Veronica?” he asked, with a deliberate note of irony, looking at her a little quizzically over his glasses. The walls were pristine white and unmarked except for two sconces and a rather colorless Monet poster that had been framed in an expensive oak surround. It seems that he was a sort of family friend of the Pellissiers, and it was the artist sister whom he was with. He watched her constantly, trapped her in corners and slept with his arms locking her like a human cage. Spurlock (himself verging upon the hysterical) welcomed the diversion. He neither attempted to prevent his nephew's departure, nor to follow him. It does not work, I still suffer madness. " "Impracticable dolt!" exclaimed Jonathan, furiously. " "You don't have to. And then, as she stood there, with the fragments of the torn canvas at her feet, some even caught upon her skirt, the door was thrown open, and a girl entered humming a light tune. Out of the beaten track! He must not appear too eager. .
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