‘She has constituted herself leader of
the émigrés here, and feels justifiably slighted by having taken the pretend
Valades under her wing. Now, the reward?"
"I have but an ill-furnished purse. He was there concealed, waiting
her return. She had tasted freedom now, and so far she had not felt the need of
protection. Tell me, Sir," she added, with forced calmness, and grasping Wood's arm;
"what has Jack done? Tell me in a word, that I may know the worst. "
"So far you are correct," observed Trenchard; "still, this is no secret. She
forgot her vital hatred of the South Seas; she forgot that McClintock's would not
differ a jot from the old island she had for ever left behind her; she forgot all the
doctor's lessons and warnings. "What is it?"
"The night," she answered. A sophisticated woman would have translated the tone as a caress. He returned the locket without comment. It was about—a question of what I might do or
might not do. At this moment, a coach passed them, and was instantly hailed by Thames. Hetty, looking out of the window—she always smoked her after-breakfast
cigarette at the window for the benefit of the less advanced section of
Morningside Park society—and trying not to raise objections, saw Miss Stanley
going down toward the shops. When she arrived at the Palazzo,
not a single sentry was aware of her presence. It was clear that he
meant to kiss her before she exited the car.
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