’ She was obliged to acknowledge the justice of this complaint, and moved further into the passage to allow the men access. ’ ‘Entertained, he says!’ ‘Intrigued, then,’ amended Gerald equably, although truth to tell he was enjoying the mystery enormously. ’ ‘Do you indeed?’ rejoined the old lady, twinkling at him, and urging him towards the door. “I suppose I fell in love with her, Ann Veronica. On Monday Charvill had still not returned, and the major duly presented himself at Mrs Chalkney’s house in Grosvenor Square, thanking his stars that his friend Roding would not be there to spoil sport. How provoking!" she added, pretending to rummage her pockets; "one never can find a thing when one wants it. ‘Then we will beg. He recognized the face instantly. Then suddenly he seized a new preparation bottle that stood upon his table and contained the better part of a week’s work—a displayed dissection of a snail, beautifully done—and hurled it across the room, to smash resoundingly upon the cemented floor under the bookcase; then, without either haste or pause, he swept his arm along a shelf of re-agents and sent them to mingle with the debris on the floor.
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