He glanced up at Roding and met his eyes. “I wonder would you mind seeing who it is. She had slept badly at first in a long chair next to the fire waiting for him to return, but caught on after that. Hardened as he may be, that would touch him. And it had not shocked her! It was this appalling absence of indignation that had put terror into her heart. I've been hunting for this particular job for a thousand years!" She smiled a little sadly over this fine enthusiasm; for in her wisdom she had a clear perception where it would eventually end—in the veranda chair. Was this the result of some strange experiment? It was the person of Annabel Pellissier—the soul of a very different order of being. For her mother to betray her seemed inevitable, but the betrayal seemed worse than her fate. Her complexion had resisted the snow-glare wonderfully; her skin had only deepened its natural warmth a little under the Alpine sun. "To—to—no matter what," returned the widow distractedly. ’ The girl nodded understandingly. It was a curious sight to see how this extraordinary woman, who, it has been said, was not less remarkable for the extreme delicacy of her features, and the faultless symmetry of her figure, than for her wonderful strength and agility, conducted herself in the present encounter; with what dexterity she parried every blow aimed against her by her adversary, whose head and face, already marked by various ruddy streams, showed how successfully her own hits had been made; —how she drew him hither and thither, now leading him on, now driving him suddenly back; harassing and exhausting him in every possible way, and making it apparent that she could at any moment put an end to the fight, and only delayed the finishing stroke to make his punishment the more severe. She had animated dark blue-gray eyes under her fine eyebrows, and dark brown hair that rolled back simply and effectively from her broad low forehead.
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