Ann Veronica, with a sigh at the cost of
hospitality, made a hasty negotiation for an extra tea and for a fire in the groundfloor apartment, and preened herself carefully for the interview. ”
He started back as though he had been shot. "Pretty
company for an apprentice to keep!—pretty houses for an apprentice to frequent!
Why, the rascal you mention is a notorious house-breaker. A rock gave way to deep
water. "
"Oh! do not say so," replied his wretched parent. As matters now stand, I'm only a thief, not a blackguard. She sat in a chair in the parlour and regarded the darkening sky through the
small casement window. In the early hours of the morning, unable to
bear the suspense any longer, Melusine had ventured to explore the mansion, the
lantern she had brought in hand, commenting to herself all the time on the state
of the place and the difficulties of her task, and having no idea of the
consequences she was bringing on herself thereby. The life of a girl presented itself to her as something happy and heedless and
unthinking, yet really guided and controlled by others, and going on amidst
unsuspected screens and concealments. It will be hot work, but it must be done at
once. ‘You didn’t understand
it any better than I. She went down, flushed and light-hearted, to the Widgetts’
after lunch to make some final arrangements and then, as soon as her aunt had
retired to lie down for her usual digestive hour, took the risk of the servants
having the enterprise to report her proceedings and carried her bag and hold-all
to the garden gate, whence Teddy, in a state of ecstatic service, bore them to the
railway station.
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