He began a jerky, broken conversation that lasted until they reached the
station, and left her puzzled at its drift and meaning. "If you arrest him, you must arrest me
also. “Her
husband was a county councillor, and she has a niece who comes to see her in a
carriage. There was a look in her eyes which
puzzled him. ‘Tell me what you know of Miss Charvill?’ he ordered severely. Hurrying down the Haymarket, he was arrested by a crowd who were collected
round a street-singer. "You will make me the happiest of mankind," cried the woollen-draper, falling
on his knees, and seizing her hand, which he devoured with kisses. I told him the truth. The lady, who was indeed stunning, Gerald suddenly realised, said never a
word. He said. I tell you what, Thames," he added, flinging himself carelessly into a
chair, "I'd give my right hand,—and that's no light offer for a carpenter's
'prentice,—if that little minx were half as fond of me as she is of you. It occurred to Ann Veronica once that she had known him when he was
younger, but day had followed day, and each had largely obliterated the
impression of its predecessor. Promise me that you will not disobey the injunctions
of her whose memory we must both of us ever revere. “Will you come this way,” she said, “into the drawing-room? There is no one
there just now.
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