Upon this grateful animal she lavished that affection which was subtly repelled by its lawful object. Sheppard, as a storm of furious voices resounded from below, and torches were seen mounting the stairs; "they are coming!—they are coming!—fly!—to the roof! to the roof. Herein was the sum of human knowledge in essence. Ann Veronica, after a last survey of the dinner appointments, followed him, rustling, came to his side by the high brass fender, and touched two or three ornaments on the mantel above the cheerful fireplace. "The door's open, and the room empty. Dinner consisted of three courses. When Ann Veronica came into the study she found every evidence of a carefully foreseen grouping about the gas fire. Love stories!… A sob rushed into her throat, and to smother it she buried her face in a pillow. The ladies were, as usual, very gaily dressed; and as usual, also, had resorted to art to heighten their attractions— From patches, justly placed, they borrow'd graces, And with vermilion lacquer'd o'er their faces. "Why do you laugh?" she asked gravely. The ink, contained in a grimy bottle unearthed in the outhouse, was old, and made blotches as soon as it touched the paper. But I do not even care if I am absurd. The haste to send her upon her way now had but one interpretation—the recognition of his own immediate danger, the fear that if this tender association continued, he would end in offering her a calamity quite as impossible as that which had happened—the love of a man who was in all probability older than her father! The hurt was no less intensive because it was so ridiculous.
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