He did not have to. The first circumstance that struck her on her arrival seemed ominous. ” She looked at him, pleading, miserable in her fancy gown. “I really do not believe,” he announced with satisfaction, “that any one would recognize me. The lad had just barely jangled it, when hurrying footsteps could be heard inside. Already she knew that she was overstaying her welcome. ‘And it may interest you to know, mademoiselle, that the first thing Gerald must needs do on reaching town is to rush off to that convent of yours to make sure you were safe. ‘No, I do not go back. Imagine her, putting herself to all this delay and inconvenience for a young wastrel she did not know and who, the moment he got on his feet, would doubtless pass out of her life without so much as Thank you! And it was ten to one that she would not comprehend the ingratitude. ‘I know what it means, numbskull! Didn’t spend years in the confounded country without picking up some of their infernal tongue. Kneebone, addressing his comely attendant; "put a few more plates on the table, and bring up whatever there is in the larder.
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