" "May I trust you?" cried Thames, eagerly. " "A short man, isn't he, about your height, Sir,—with a yellow beard, and a face as sly as a fox's?" "Hem!" replied Wood, coughing slightly to conceal a smile; "the description's not amiss. “You know,” he went on, “this doesn’t seem to me to end anything. The actual danger was lost sight of in these wild apprehensions; and many timorous beings were scared beyond reason's verge by the excess of their fears. She lingered over donning her winter coat, buttoning each toggle and placket, double knotting her long scarf. It may be a long string, long enough if you like to tangle up all sorts of people; but there it is! If the paymaster pulls, home she must go. Treasure caves to explore! All through these trying days she had recurrently wondered what this strange young man would have to say that Dickens and Hugo had not already said. ” “You alarm me,” she murmured, smiling. ’ He had abandoned the “sir”, Gerald noted, realising that the footman’s respect for him had dropped sharply. Well-balanced, sane, wasn’t I? You never heard anyone call me a madman? I’m pretty near being one now, and it’s her fault. If Winifred remained silent, her looks would have disarmed a person of less assurance than the woollen-draper. I didn’t understand before that letter. “I knew,” she said, in a low despairing tone, “that people would talk. ’ ‘Parbleu,’ burst from Melusine indignantly. But we were both pledged to secrecy, and I couldn’t reveal my part for fear that I would lose my place.
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