" "Well, it's mighty fine of you to break your journey in this fashion—for someone you don't know, a passer-by. ‘That,’ he said stonily, ‘is yet another point over which we fell out. His guardian angel warned Spurlock to speak carefully. ‘His granddaughter?’ ‘Yes, his son’s daughter. The devastations, however, were speedily made good, and, in two years more, it was finished. CHAPTER XII. She was, as Capes had said, a hard young woman. Moving swiftly to the end of the corridor, he pushed open a door at random and entered a large room, which looked to have been a saloon, judging from the faded gilt and crimson wall-paper, a mirror above the fireplace which was surrounded by an ornate gilded frame, now sadly tarnished, and a worn Chippendale sofa with striped upholstery and tasselled cushions. For a moment or two Gerald stood in the total silence of amazement, his pistol up and pointing, aware that Hilary was likewise stunned, standing with halfdrawn sword. “May I enquire,” he asked smoothly, “in what way my appearance contributes to your amusement? If there is a joke I should like to share it. He filled the rôle of comrade which Spurlock dared not enact, at least not utterly as he would have liked. "Aw, piffle!" he said, half aloud and rather disgustedly, as he stepped out into the sunshine. Before his departure, he gave his assistant a glove. So there is no escape.
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