‘Yes, ma’am,’ agreed Gerald with a grin. "The door's open, and the
room empty. They were silent and no
longer observant, being more or less exhausted by the tedious action of the
chairs. "There's a
guinea to drink our health," she added, slipping a piece of money into his hand. ”
As the long, solitary days wore on, Ann Veronica found a number of definite
attitudes and conclusions in her mind. "Shall I never banish those horrible phantoms from my couch—the
father with his bleeding breast and dripping hair!—the mother with her wringing
hands and looks of vengeance and reproach!—And must another be added to
their number—their son! Horror!—let me be spared this new crime! And yet the
gibbet—my name tarnished—my escutcheon blotted by the hangman!—No, I
cannot submit to that. The service had not proceeded far, when she was greatly disturbed by the
entrance of a person who placed himself opposite her, and sought to attract her
attention by a number of little arts, surveying her, as he did so, with a very
impudent and offensive stare. I asked
him to take me away, and hide me. “He is Annabel’s husband,” she reminded him.
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