One of these, a lady, evidently a confirmed invalid, and attired in deep mourning, reclined upon a sort of couch, or easy chair, set on wheels, with her head supported by cushions, and her feet resting upon a velvet footstool. . Wanted her out of the way because he had been afraid of her, afraid of himself! He, at fifty-four! Then into this void poured a flaming anger, a blind and unreasoning anger. What was the matter with Spurlock that was to keep him in bed three or four weeks? He would dig that out of the hotel manager. The foremost, tall, clean-shaven, perfectly groomed, half extended his hand with a smile of recognition. ‘What do you want with me? Why did you catch me?’ ‘You intrigue me,’ he told her frankly. It was necessary to think, and think quickly. Her name, he said, was as pretty as its wearer. ‘Please to sit, monsieur. Light the lantern. It might have been the moon, or the phosphorescence of the broken water, or it might have been his abysmal loneliness; but suddenly he caught her face in his hands and kissed her on the mouth. How long he continued thus he scarcely knew; but just before dawn, he managed to regain his legs, and, crawling up a bank, perceived he was within a quarter of a mile of Tottenham. I can’t explain—” They regarded one another, each blinded to the other. ‘And I suppose I shall be obliged to endure another nonsensical tale about your husband. We can’t afford to turn our women, our Madonnas, our Saint Catherines, our Mona Lisas, our goddesses and angels and fairy princesses, into a sort of man.
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