At times he seemed to be claiming
pity from her; at times he was threatening her with her check and exposure; at
times he was boasting of his inflexible will, and how, in the end, he always got
what he wanted. Since morning he had become fanatical; the atoms of common sense no longer
functioned in the accustomed groove. Day after day—five, to be exact—she had returned to Morgan's; and each time
the man would understand what had drawn her, and with a kindly smile would
sit down at the piano and play. Then he
opened them again suddenly, to find Courtlaw still by his side. Yet you
can look Cheveney in the face and declare that you do not know him. Stanley,
putting his hands on the table in the manner rather of a barrister than a solicitor,
and regarding her balefully through his glasses with quite undisguised animosity,
asked, “And may I presume to inquire, then, what you mean to do?—how do
you propose to live?”
“I shall live,” sobbed Ann Veronica. . "Were it not for that, he would indeed be a blessing and a comfort to me. Was he your natural father? Did you
know him?”
“No, I didn’t. They were sharp and
dripping with black blood. You can’t go. Sir John, by instinct and training, was an unimaginative person. It was now
getting dusk, and he could only imperfectly distinguish the features and figure of
the stranger. And, if I'd my own way with the Secretary of State, he never should.
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