CHAPTER XXIII. ’
Fire enveloped Charvill’s mind and he brought up his cane, pointed like a
musket. After all, it is not
long since that a Catholic nun in this country would have had to remain in
hiding. If you like books and music,
we'll get along. We’ll make short work of them. Only the next of kin. ”
“Sir John is an ass!” he declared. The
old fool’s been working on you through your sister to keep off the stage. "
"Six weeks have elapsed since that fatal night," replied Jack. ‘Major Gerald Alderley, I arrest you in the name of the King. She did not so much deal with Ann
Veronica’s interpolations as dispose of them with quick and use-hardened
repartee, and then she went on with a fine directness to sketch the case for her
agitation, for that remarkable rebellion of the women that was then agitating the
whole world of politics and discussion. For what could be more ironical
than for Howard Spurlock to see himself grow famous under the name of Taber?
The ambrosia of which he had so happily dreamt!—and this gall and
wormwood! He stood up and rapped his pipe on the rail. Taber
did not leave all his money in the office. And yet, as she rose
slowly to her feet and stood looking at him with outstretched hands, a strange
mixture of expressions shining in her wonderful eyes, he realized in some
measure the strength of her determination, felt the utter impotence of anything
which he could say to her. After you went he got
up and took refuge in the preparation-room.
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