‘To the contrary, I will have you to know something. I've opened the case of books. "Ah! who have we here?" exclaimed Griffin. 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. Teddy Widgett hovered on the fringe of all these gatherings, blinking at Ann Veronica and occasionally making a wildly friendly dash at her, and carrying her and Miss Miniver off to drink cocoa with a choice diversity of other youthful and congenial Fabians after the meetings. When he finally telegraphed his startling information to Hong-Kong, it was too late for O'Higgins to act. She moved then, fast, taking refuge behind a Chinese screen that was set beside the four-poster at the back of the room. She wore a plain black dress, reaching almost to her throat—her small oval face, with the large brown eyes, was colourless, delicately expressive, yet with something mysterious in its Sphinx-like immobility. 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. His head was small and bullet-shaped, and he did not wear a wig, but had his sleek black hair cut off closely round his temples. ’ Chapter Five ‘Now then, young Jack,’ Gerald said, turning to the lad, who was sitting in the place lately vacated by his self-appointed mistress, but in a state of far less relaxation.
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