CHAPTER XXVII
His idea, cleverly planned, was to shatter her resistance, to confound her
suddenly by striking her mind with words which would rob her coherent
thought. The bridesmaids and pages got rather jumbled in the aisle, and she
had an effect of Alice’s white back and sloping shoulders and veiled head
receding toward the altar. "You're right Jack," he said, after a pause, during which he contemplated the
picture with the most fixed attention: "this must have been my father!"
"No doubt of it," answered Sheppard; "only compare it with Winny's drawing,
and you'll find they're as like as two peas in a pod. "Why?
Because I love her! Because I loved her at the start, but was too big a fool to
know it!"
His own astonishment was quite equal to McClintock's. Anna’s face however was wholly impassive. "By all means," returned Wood; "don't delay an instant. “Through there,” he said, and pointed with the pamphlet he was carrying. With some difficulty, they managed to negotiate the passage with
their burden and carry him out into the library. Did you
break my mother's heart as you tried to break mine? I am no longer accountable
to you for anything. How many
nuns were there in England who might have occasion to spy on Lady
Bicknacre’s ballroom? The presence of the French refugees took on greater
significance. She thought of leaving the Beck
house less and less these days, though the suitcase
remained packed underneath her creaky bed.
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