Ann Veronica felt suddenly an effect of tremendous
pathos; she would have given anything to have been able to frame and make
some appeal, some utterance that should bridge this bottomless chasm that had
opened between her and her father, and she could find nothing whatever to say
that was in the least sincere and appealing. "You'll not be offended, I hope," returned Wood, drily, "if I say that your voice,
your manner, and, above all, your very extraordinary way of laughing, put me
strangely in mind of one of the 'droll dogs,' (as you term them,) who helped to
perpetrate the outrage I've just described. "Here,
Poll, help me!"
Thus exhorted, Mrs. I'm a bit daffy about music. ’
Sheer exasperation made Gerald release her as he broke into reluctant
laughter. He had not addressed to her even the most ordinary courtesy
of fellow travellers; she doubted that he was even aware of her existence. Meantime, the Stone Hall was crowded by all the inmates of the jail, debtors,
felons, turnkeys, and officers who could obtain permission to witness the
ceremony of the prisoner's irons being struck off. Melusine, used to the stark surroundings of the convent at Blaye, had
no complaint to make. She nodded. "You didn't spend it?"
"I never intended to spend it—any more than I really intended to steal it. .
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