There was a tearing sound and the cloth of her habit ripped apart as the smothered point drove through it, missing its intended target. "I thought I heard a noise. . ’ Amusement flickered in Gerald’s breast. If only she had thought to plunge the scissors into her own heart! Hoddy … to return and find her either gone or dead! But even as the Wastrel's arms gathered her, there came the sound of hurrying steps on the veranda. Sir John waved her back. Then she examined with curiosity some knick-knacks upon a small round table by her side. Wood's. The necessity which had previously existed of leaving the ghastly evidence of the murderous deed undisturbed,—the presence of the mangled corpse,—the bustle of the inquest, at which her attendance was required,—all these circumstances produced a harrowing effect upon the young girl's imagination. Ruth, having decided a course for herself—that of renunciation—and having the strength to keep it, met these advances in precisely the mood they were offered. And Ann Veronica walked beside him, trying in vain to soften her heart to him by the thought of how she had ill-used him, and all the time, as her feet and mind grew weary together, rejoicing more and more that at the cost of this one interminable walk she escaped the prospect of—what was it?—“Ten thousand days, ten thousand nights” in his company. She turned with an effort. Most subjects of any depth were taboo between them, especially when they were in his convertible. The poison from the teeth radiated from her shoulder and paralyzed her limbs. ’ Saling coughed.
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