The dusky obscurity of the room was twice welcome. It would be protective; it would with age turn to silver unnoticeably. I’m glad 237 you came over. His brain reeled. He turned the wheel carefully as he touched her neck with the other, threading her soft curls in between his slim fingers. “Couldn’t we three go out and have some coffee somewhere? The thought of that drawing-room paralyses me. He gave her silence in return. For a long time there had been a standing offer from the company at Copeley's to take over the McClintock plantation; and today he had decided to sell. Even though the individual faces of her audience were not to be singled out, she had been conscious from the first moment of her appearance that something was wrong. Then she went in and up-stairs, hesitated on the landing, and finally, a little breathless and with an air of great dignity, opened the door and walked into Ann Veronica’s room. She obeyed, extending her arm. Could you come to tea at my rooms one afternoon, or would you dine with me somewhere, and do a theatre? We could have a private room, of course, if you do not wish to be seen about London, and a box at the theatre. In a second the glass lay shattered upon the carpet. In the midst of the holy place, which he had formerly profaned, lay the body of his unfortunate mother, and he could not help looking upon her untimely end as the retributive vengeance of Heaven for the crime he had committed. He sat in much the same attitude, and she stood just as she had stood when he told her she could not go to the Fadden Dance.
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