"Well, well, we'll say no more about it," replied Wood; "and, by way of changing the subject, let me advise you on no account to fly to strong waters for consolation, Joan. They broke open the entrance into Jonathan's store-room—plundered it of everything valuable—ransacked every closet, drawer, and secret hiding-place, and stripped them of their contents. She stood among them, watching them and feeling curiously alien to them. She got into rows through meddling with their shoes and tennis-rackets, and had moments of carefully concealed admiration when she was privileged to see them just before her bedtime, rather radiantly dressed in white or pink or amber and prepared to go out with her mother. No Cantonese was in those days permitted to cross to the Sha-mien after sunset without a license. ‘For instance, why have you reverted to your nun’s habit for this particular adventure?’ ‘That is easy. It seemed to show a want of affection, to be a deliberate and unmerited disregard, to justify the reprisal of being hurt. Easy enough to look as if one rides away. ’ That arrested her.
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