\"I could eat now. "
"And I will, if I can, depend upon it," answered Sheppard, with a laugh. “How unkind!” she exclaimed. The glance, which he
threw at the door, was singularly expressive of his character: it was a mixture of
alarm, effrontery, and resolution. You see, I have had to look after myself so long that I have
developed a terrible bump of independence. ”
The girl sat up and looked at him with a curious twist at the corners of her mouth
—humorous or pathetic, he could not tell which. He pressed the bloody wrist
into her mouth, and she though she could not feel it or
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control it, she knew she was being made to swallow. He embraced her,
kissing her cheek, then her neck. She
was beauty, the key of magic, the teacher of spells, the
predictor of wars, and the gate of the future. ”
Chapter X
THE TRAGEDY OF AN APPETITE
Anna, notwithstanding her quiet clothes, a figure marvellously out of accord
with her surroundings, sat before a small marble-topped table at a crowded
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