"But calm yourself, dear sister, or the interview will be too much for you. A strange betrothal!—the primal idea of which was escape! The girl, intent upon abrogating for ever all legal rights of the father in the daughter, of rendering innocuous the thing she had now named the Terror: the boy, seeking selfcrucifixion in expiation of his transgression, changing a peccadillo into damnation! It was easy for Ruth to surrender to the idea, for she believed she was loved; and in gratitude it was already her determination to give this boy her heart's blood, drop by drop, if he wanted it. Why hadn't he gone on with the girl's story? What instinct had stuffed it back into his throat? Why the inexplicable impulse to hurry this rather pathetic derelict on his way? CHAPTER XV Previous to his illness, Spurlock's mind had been tortured by an appalling worry, so that now, in the process of convalescence, it might be compared to a pool which had been violently stirred: there were indications of subsidence, but there were still strange forms swirling on the surface—whims and fancies which in normal times would never have risen above sub-consciousness. ” “Then perhaps,” she answered, with a new coldness in her tone, “perhaps I really do not care. ” To which the only possible reply seemed to be, “I’m not coming home. . “I wonder!” said Miss Stanley. “There’s twenty before you, and Mr. ’ She gestured at his hand, on which Roding’s makeshift bandage had been replaced by a more efficient one. ” He then slipped a diamond ring on her finger. "And now, shall we proceed to Queenhithe?" "Stay!" cried the other, taking a chair, "a word with you, Mr. The thought passed through his mind even as he started to cross the terrace at a jogtrot, moving to head her off. Just because she was sorry for that young fool! "Uh-huh," he repeated, rising and bowing as he passed Ruth's table. ’ ‘Perfectly correct, my boy.
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