And as he walked by her side they began a wrangle that
was none the less pleasant to Ann Veronica because it served to banish a
disagreeable preoccupation. The violence of the collision nearly threw him backwards, and caused him
to swerve as he sprang. That a longing of hers should be realized in this strange fashion was
difficult to believe: it vaguely suggested something of a trap. Divers plans and figures were chalked
upon the walls; and the spaces between them were filled up with an almanack for
the year; a godly ballad, adorned with a rude wood-cut, purporting to be "The
History of Chaste Susannah;" an old print of the Seven Golden Candlesticks; an
abstract of the various Acts of Parliament against drinking, swearing, and all
manner of profaneness; and a view of the interior of Doctor Daniel Burgess's
Presbyterian meeting-house in Russell Court, with portraits of the reverend
gentleman and the principal members of his flock. She went about the familiar home with a clearer and clearer sense of inevitable
conclusions. Perhaps that was why Sheila began to observe
Lucy, because both of them were poignantly aware of
Lucy’s otherness. “But I don’t see,” said Ann Veronica, “just how it fits the present situation. ’
‘I presume you were not with her in France?’
Kimble stared. "If you are in earnest, Thames," she replied, with a look of gentle reproach, "you
are very foolish; and, if in jest, very cruel. “Good-bye, Miss Pellissier, and success to you,” he said. The sun was setting when she
carried the metal garbage can to the curb with their
remains in it, where they sat underneath the stale
chocolate cake that Sheila had thrown away and a pile of
mildewy lettuce. "I understand," she said. He might not condone it, but
the feelings that had prompted it augured well for Melusine’s safety. He took up his hat and went.
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