’ Gerald moved to the long sofa, dusted it with elaborate care with one of its cushions, and with a gesture invited her to sit down. It might have been the moon, or the phosphorescence of the broken water, or it might have been his abysmal loneliness; but suddenly he caught her face in his hands and kissed her on the mouth. "Gentlemen of the Mint," said the orator, "when I was first called, some fifty years ago, to the important office I hold, there existed across the water three places of refuge for the oppressed and persecuted debtor. "He shan't trouble you further. “I have the right to be here. Hadn’t the stomach to admit the truth, had he? I’ll lay any money he labelled you with some foul French name as well. But, moving through into the first of the large main rooms that led one into another around the house, with here and there an antechamber between, it was obvious that the task was not going to be easy. All that confidence, born of irony, disappeared; and fear laid hold of him. net Title: The Ragged Edge Author: Harold MacGrath Release Date: April 13, 2005 [EBook #15614] Language: English *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE RAGGED EDGE *** Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Clare Elliott and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
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