Ann Veronica thought the whole affair rather jolly. The room was worse than pokey, it was shabby; and the view from the window, of chimney pots and slate roofs, wholly uninspiring. “I suppose you could at least tune it for us if you know how to play. Ennison roused himself with an effort, took a long drink from his whisky and soda, and lit a cigarette. Then as she drew nearer paint showed upon her face, and a harsh purpose behind the quiet expression of her open countenance, and a sort of unreality in her splendor betrayed itself for which Ann Veronica could not recall the right word—a word, half understood, that lurked and hid in her mind, the word “meretricious. "At all events, I've not done with you. In a side-glance—for the floor was variously encumbered with overturned objects—he saw one of his paper weights, a coloured glass ball such as McClintock used in trade. As he stood upon the bridge, he held down the light, and looked into the profound abyss. No other man should touch her; she was Hoddy's, body and soul, in this life and after. ” “I have no idea what it costs to live in London,” Anna said, “but I should like very much to come for a short time if I might. A big breakfast is healthier anyway, so they say. Sheppard, somewhat alarmed by this preamble. Miss Stanley had determined from the outset to have the warmest affection for her youngest niece and to be a second mother in her life—a second and a better one; but she had found much to battle with, and there was much in herself that Ann Veronica failed to understand.
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