A conviction that her sister’s words were true had from the first possessed her. ” Chapter XXV THE STEEL EDGE OF THE TRUTH The manservant, with his plain black clothes and black tie, had entered the room with a deferential little gesture. E. She tried to think how people get work. ‘That is a very English name. ’ ‘But, Marthe, you do not imagine that I would have taken the veil like you, even if you have not told me. I met a Hindu a few weeks ago who was a Harvard man. Such was the effect produced upon the passengers by his good looks and manly deportment, that few—especially of the gentler and more susceptible sex—failed to turn round and bestow a second glance upon the handsome stranger. Do you think a jeune demoiselle may possess more weapons than this?’ ‘Most young ladies would not be in possession of any weapons,’ Gerald said tartly. ” “It is very nice of you to think of it,” Anna said briskly. ” “You want to be free and so forth, yes. ’ ‘Then you shall no longer do so. I had not the time to formulate the decoctions that would have saved him— they take weeks to create and must come from your own blood! You were perilously close to death, and had I not watched you constantly for the week you were unconscious they would have buried you alive! Gianfrancesco was ready to give up after two days, 172 ready to throw you in the plague cart! Of course he had no use for you after bearing witness to the loss of your womanly organs. Already he was dramatizing Ruth, involving her, now in some pearl thieving adventure, now in some impossible tale of a white goddess.
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