But if I painted her as I'd like to, the natives would instantly
distrust me; and I'd have to build up confidence all over again. She turned her eyes to him again, and saw her late friend and pleasant and
trusted companion, who had seen fit suddenly to change into a lover, babbling
interesting inacceptable things. A white man takes his life in his hands. “She”, you
say. Another glass,
Jack. I hope I haven't given any unintentional offence?" said
the widow, again meekly appealing to Wood. Ann Veronica was
carried off her intellectual and critical feet by it altogether, and applauded and
uttered cries that subsequent reflection failed to endorse. Throwing down the
pencil, she snatched up a piece of India-rubber, and exclaiming,—"It isn't at all
like him! it isn't half handsome enough!" was about to efface the sketch, when
Thames darted into the room. He recognized the face instantly. “I can assure you that it was quite
unnecessary. She moaned as she touched him. “You see,” he said, “it is doubtful if we can ever marry. “More than that, he arrived to-day at the
boarding-house where I am staying, greeted me with a theatrical start, and
claimed me—as his wife. ”
Ann Veronica was about to reply, when he went on, with a still more deadly
quiet: “I am not here to bandy words with you.
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