She drew a chair to the window and stared at the splendour of the tropical night. Lucia watched in fascination as Isobella nodded at her, only three years older than she, nursing her son with a contented smile upon her face. She was recalling the circumstances under which she had engaged herself to Manning, and trying to understand a curious development of the quality of this relationship. ‘Is that a gesture of friendship?’ She stamped her foot. ” “Well?” “Sir John came to me—that you know—and you can guess what I told him. “You must remember,” she said, “that you yourself are responsible for your altered looks. Following her lead, he fortified himself with a swallow of the excellent Madeira before responding. One might have said that these trees grieved for their native soil; and, grieving, refused to bear. I packed them with the other few things I owned. Then, seeing Melusine’s feathered beaver had fallen to the floor, picked that up for her. If you had not brought your companion here, it would not have happened. "What did the old fellow judge from, eh, Joan?" asked he.
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