From time to time she would come upon a line of singular beauty or a paragraph full of haunting music; and these would send her rushing on for something that never happened. If you know her for the vicious, scheming wretch that she is, why in God’s name—?’ ‘She’s not a vicious, scheming wretch,’ Gerald said calmly. But I’m not a slut either, if that’s what you think. ” “But didn’t you say some more about that ball?” “I said everything I could say as soon as I realized she was trying to avoid the topic. “I opened my eyes, and she was bending over my bedside. ‘You are related to General Lord Charvill?’ ‘Monsieur le baron, he is my grandpére,’ she confirmed. For all you might know, I might have someone watching you. The music took hold of her slowly as her eyes wandered from the indistinct still ranks of the audience to the little busy orchestra with its quivering violins, its methodical movements of brown and silver instruments, its brightly lit scores and shaded lights. Here was an experienced man of the world, her friend, who evidently took a great interest in this supreme topic and was willing to give her the benefit of his experiences! Why should not she be at her ease with him? Why should not she know things? It is hard enough anyhow for a human being to learn, she decided, but it is a dozen times more difficult than it need be because of all this locking of the lips and thoughts. If only there had not been this single torturing thought—a mere pin-prick, but still curiously persistent. "We shall be obliged to force it. Only he hated the words he uttered, hated the blunt honesty which forced them from his lips. ’ ‘A life of ease?’ repeated Melusine.
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