. Part 7
The steps by which Ann Veronica determined to engage herself to marry
Manning were never very clear to her. Wild has
doubled his offer, and the governor has likewise proclaimed a reward of one
hundred guineas for Jack's apprehension. Already he was dramatizing Ruth, involving her, now in some pearl
thieving adventure, now in some impossible tale of a white goddess. ”
Michelle mulled over Lucy’s words thoughtfully. At six o'clock, the wicket was shut; and
at nine, the jail was altogether locked up. The girl nodded sagely. . ‘You heard Gosse—I mean, the man you know as Valade?’
‘Clear as day, miss,’ he uttered. Essentially the talk was a mixture of fragments
of sentences heard, of passages read, or arguments indicated rather than stated,
and all of it was served in a sauce of strange enthusiasm, thin yet intense. How the deuce, though, am I going to account for her? People will be
asking questions when they see her; and if I tell the truth, they'll start to snubbing
her. “A move of any
sort would certainly be fatal. You cannot depart hence.
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