Far away there was the one woman for this boy of mine—some human being who would understand the dear fool better than all the rest of the world. Five minutes ago, his butler had entered the green saloon, an austere apartment, with dark forest-green wallpaper flocked with a swirling design, and heavy mahogany furniture. She was never able to trace the changes her attitude had undergone, from the time when she believed herself to be the pampered Queen of Fortune, the crown of a good man’s love (and secretly, but nobly, worshipping some one else), to the time when she realized she was in fact just a mannequin for her lover’s imagination, and that he cared no more for the realities of her being, for the things she felt and desired, for the passions and dreams that might move her, than a child cares for the sawdust in its doll. At noon the doctor himself arrived. ‘Here you, Pottiswick. . What better way to be rid of him? ‘Jacques,’ she uttered urgently. The ward in which he was confined, was about six yards in length, and three in width, and in height, might be about twelve feet. “It is not, of course, a pleasant subject of conversation for you or for me, yet I think I may venture to suggest to you that your sister’s—er—indiscretions—have reached a point which makes a separation between you almost a necessity. The flowers upon the mantel-shelf were withered and drooping—she had gathered them. She could tell it was new territory for him and he might lose the nerve to take them off himself, without the aid of drink. But it is my fault. “You were talking to that fellow Ramage to-day—in the Avenue. "So much the worse," replied Jonathan, rising and taking a turn, as if uncertain what to do. ‘I do not believe you.
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