“I will have your true reason. You are going to accept a post as chorus girl, or super, or
something of that sort. What he intended
to do with it is of little consequence now. If the boy did not love the girl, why the devil had he
dragged her into this marriage?
Spurlock was a bit shaky bodily, but his brain was functioning clearly; and, it
might be added, swiftly—as the brain always acts when confronted by a
perplexing riddle. " Prudence shrugged. ’
Gerald was relieved to hear the loud guffaw issuing from the old man’s lips. "Instantly, Hobson," returned Lady Trafford; "as soon as the carriage can be
brought round. “As it is doubtful whether the man will
live, we should be glad if you would identify him. Look! Is that some one
coming out?”
The front door of the flats stood open, and through it a woman, slim and veiled,
passed on to the pavement and turned with swift footsteps in the opposite
direction. ’
‘But, Hilary—’
‘Don’t you begin, Lucilla, for I won’t stand for it. "Jack!"
Her son averted his gaze. Rain pounded the tin roof,
and waterfalls obscured the pavilion into its own private
91
chamber.
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