Anna——”
Again she stopped him, but this time it was not so easy. ‘I thank you. McClintock will be tuning up the piano to-day. The sound
of their strident voices floated upwards, the high nasal note of the predominant
Americans, the shrill laughter of girls quick to appreciate the wit of such of their
male companions as thought it worth while to be amusing. “Annabel!” she exclaimed. What a treat to see all the old tabbies taken at fault for
once!’
‘You are a dreadful child,’ scolded Mrs Sindlesham, with which Melusine
could not but agree, despite the dimple rioting in her great-aunt’s cheek. ’
For a moment Gerald said nothing at all. Whence she came,—who she was,—and what she wanted,—were questions
which naturally suggested themselves to Blueskin, and he was about to seek for
some explanation, when his curiosity was checked by a gesture of silence from
the lady. "
"May be not," replied the old sailor, drily; "but you'll find it too stiff for you tonight, anyhow. I dared not sing, I dared not laugh, except
when you went away. “Now I see what everything means,” said Ann Veronica to herself; and it
really felt for some days as though the secret of the universe, that had been
wrapped and hidden from her so obstinately, was at last altogether displayed. “YOU wouldn’t like to be independent?” he asked, abruptly.
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