He had not been successful as the world counted success; the fat bank-account, the filled waiting room of which he had once dreamed, had never materialized except in the smoke of his evening pipe. "If you thought that, why did you give me this job?"—his voice faint and thick. Her mother tried to soothe her with tales of romance and love, of all the fineries that she would enjoy in the Palazzo, but all Lucia could do was cry until her cheeks twitched and her forehead ached. It slipped out—as did that “she”. ’ ‘She is no longer a mystery,’ Gerald said. She had left for ever the cage, the galling leash: she was free. But perhaps he was right not to tell you the truth. She ignored his question. " "But, man, this chap hasn't fallen soft. ‘Unless he is himself a man of substance. “Look at our affair,” he went on, looking up at her. ” “I wish you good luck,” she answered. "Are you a poltroon, after all?" "That's it! I ought to have died that night!" "Or is there a taint of insanity in your family history? Alone and practically penniless like yourself! You weren't even stirred by gratitude. ’ ‘Parbleu, it is I who am the idiot?’ she scolded furiously, removing one hand and digging it into her sleeve.
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