" The woollen-draper made no answer, but hastily starting up, bolted the door. To his consternation, she was holding an unwieldy, ugly-looking pistol, all wood and tarnished steel, with both hands about the butt. " The spinster had no retort to offer such directness. With a cry of distress, she dropped the pistol and flew after him, racing past him to the door. Would there be enough in the young man's envelope to pay the doctor and the hotel bill—and in the event of his death, enough to ship the body home? So all things pointed to the happy circumstance of setting this young fool upon his feet again, of seeing him hence upon his journey. Gerald’s task was to stop him from doing so. To be alone with her, in idleness, was an intolerable thought. Yet even now there were so many things untouched, so much to be learned. ” Ann Veronica said nothing, and Miss Klegg went on: “He very often IS— most unfair. ‘Would you like me to enquire for your mystery lady, Gerald? I know the Comte and Comtesse de St Erme quite well. Each time that we meet I try to kill you. That she possessed any sense of humour was in itself one of those human miracles which metaphysicians are always pothering over without arriving anywhere; for her previous environment had been particularly humourless. ” Mr. CHAPTER I.
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