Jack affected to close the door, but left it slightly ajar. Left alone with Edgeworth Bess, Jack burst into a loud laugh of exultation. “It is about your sister, Lady Ferringhall. You see—I didn’t understand. Then as she drew nearer paint showed upon her face, and a harsh purpose behind the quiet expression of her open countenance, and a sort of unreality in her splendor betrayed itself for which Ann Veronica could not recall the right word—a word, half understood, that lurked and hid in her mind, the word “meretricious. What was she going to do? One main idea possessed her: she must get away from home, she must assert herself at once or perish. He then stamped upon the hand on the lower bannister, until that also relaxed its gripe. She fluttered it with a trembling hand, averting her eyes from his, and he could hear her uneven breath behind it. “But why is it preposterous?” asked Ann Veronica, and fiddled with a pipe on the mantel. “How fortunate I am, Miss Pellissier! All day I have been hoping that I might run across you. ’ Captain Roding stared at her, his jaw dropping, while Lucilla hastily turned away, although Melusine caught the laughter in her face. ‘Then I am not mad in the least. “These are the playgrounds of life. ’ It was a wait of several minutes while Melusine chafed.
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