The kindly American consul-general had himself taken her to the bank,
where her banknotes had been exchanged for a letter of credit, and had
thoroughly advised her. His
glance swept up again and found her staring at him with much of her usual
defiance, if a touch less of her customary assurance. A young lad—Roding took him for a footman, or a groom by the neat black
garb—was halted some paces away from Valade, his hat in his hand as he made
pretence of fanning himself. And like that gospel it meant something, something different from
its phrases, something elusive, and yet something that in spite of the superficial
incoherence of its phrasing, was largely essentially true. The door closed softly upon her. When the disillusion comes, when the fairy story ends, if she is
blessed with children, she doesn't mind. If you do not find your aunt, my people will take you
under wing until you can stand on your own. They talked lightly
but confidentially until Sir John approached them with a slight frown upon his
face. It was one of the most educational disillusionments in Ann Veronica’s career. He would require things of her, and she would be
passionately concerned to meet his requirements. ”
“They’ll find out. A good woman’s mind has angels with flaming swords at the portals to keep out
fallen thoughts. Ah Cum made a movement as though to follow, but reconsidered. "'Sdeath! do you trifle with me, sirrah?" cried Rowland fiercely.
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