Almost instantly she had recognized the fallacy of such a statement. Her gown was minimalist compared
to those concoctions of boning and lace of long ago, she
reflected, but that did not stop it from getting caught on
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brambles and twigs. "Good bye, Jack! Keep up your
spirits. It was a long
walk she had to undertake, even if she had endured no previous fatigue, but
feeble as she was, it was almost more than she could accomplish. Their
conversation became stilted. Her eyes were soft and grave, and there was the faintest
of smiles upon her resolute lips. Rowland felt himself sinking beneath the powerful
grasp of his enemy. Who was he to tread on her dreams? She had heroworshipped an unscrupulous adventurer, who had not hesitated to impose on her
youth and her ignorance. ’ She stopped, her lips tightening. "Here
are a pair of gloves and a nosegay for you. Imagine her, putting herself to all this delay and
inconvenience for a young wastrel she did not know and who, the moment he
got on his feet, would doubtless pass out of her life without so much as Thank
you! And it was ten to one that she would not comprehend the ingratitude. So far as I am concerned, I
am just now a hopeless nonentity. “Fighting goes with loads of its own baggage, John. Only the major won’t have it, and we’ve
to bide by what the major says.
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