Ann Veronica felt suddenly an effect of tremendous
pathos; she would have given anything to have been able to frame and make
some appeal, some utterance that should bridge this bottomless chasm that had
opened between her and her father, and she could find nothing whatever to say
that was in the least sincere and appealing. 101
He was a delightful teacher. Ann Veronica was not aware of this literary side of her teacher; she had a little
tinge of annoyance at Miss Garvice’s advantage. The evening breeze came; the bamboo shades on the
veranda clicked and rasped; the loose edges of the manuscript curled. But the morning brought courage again, and those first
intimations of horror vanished completely from her mind. “You need have no further
trouble. Just one thing more. And so,
the invasion really is to take place after all; and the Chevalier de Saint George is
to land at the Tower with fifty thousand Frenchmen; and the Hanoverian
usurper's to be beheaded; and Doctor Sacheverel's to be made a bishop, and
we're all to be—eh?"
"All in good time," returned Kneebone, putting his finger to his lips; "don't let
your imagination run away with you, my charmer. ”
Anna’s eyes were a little dim as she poured out her coffee, and the laugh she
attempted was not altogether a success.
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