“Sir John is a man of the world,” her aunt answered coldly. It was a curious sight to see how this extraordinary woman, who, it has been said, was not less remarkable for the extreme delicacy of her features, and the faultless symmetry of her figure, than for her wonderful strength and agility, conducted herself in the present encounter; with what dexterity she parried every blow aimed against her by her adversary, whose head and face, already marked by various ruddy streams, showed how successfully her own hits had been made; —how she drew him hither and thither, now leading him on, now driving him suddenly back; harassing and exhausting him in every possible way, and making it apparent that she could at any moment put an end to the fight, and only delayed the finishing stroke to make his punishment the more severe. Let me say it to you. I thought every one had heard about it. By the time he had reached the summit of this hill, he had lost all trace of them; and the ardour of the chase having in some measure subsided, he began to reproach himself for his folly, in having wandered—as he conceived—so far out of his course. ‘And then you will be obliged to remain in France,’ she pointed out. “See you to-night, I suppose?” He sauntered off. So that as she saw him she remarked to herself very faintly but definitely, “Oh, golly!” and set up a campaign of avoidance that Mr. ” She groaned aloud and bowed her forehead to her knees. That’s where you go wrong. ‘Knew you had the lad with you, and thought you were merely delayed. I ought to have seen—” “It doesn’t matter a rap—if you’re not disposed to resent the—the way I behaved. She found herself talking to Capes in an undertone of rational admission. He would certainly welcome McClintock's advent.
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