“Sooner or later, John, it will come to that. . Nor can we. This formidable person, who was no other than the renowned Figg,
the "Atlas of the sword," as he is termed by Captain Godfrey, had removed his
hat and "skull covering," and was wiping the heat from his bepatched and closeshaven pate. “What have you been doing since our last talk? Still cutting up rabbits and
probing into things? I’ve often thought of that talk of ours—often. Most of the vessels lying in the river were driven from their
moorings, dashed tumultuously against each other, or blown ashore. ”
“How absurd!” Annabel declared. Of you, I mean. ’
‘Ah, you know about that, then?’
‘That much, yes. ”
He looked at her with white, set face. “If only I could afford another!” she thought regretfully. Was it that the struggle of things to survive produced as a sort of necessary byproduct these intense preferences and appreciations, or was it that some mystical
outer thing, some great force, drove life beautyward, even in spite of expediency,
regardless of survival value and all the manifest discretions of life? She went to
Capes with that riddle and put it to him very carefully and clearly, and he talked
well—he always talked at some length when she took a difficulty to him—and
sent her to a various literature upon the markings of butterflies, the
incomprehensible elaboration and splendor of birds of Paradise and hummingbirds’ plumes, the patterning of tigers, and a leopard’s spots. Not a job he may care about; but he's a good sport. “Come on in. ’
‘Yes, Hilary, do stop hustling the girl,’ put in Miss Froxfield, much to
Melusine’s relief and approval.
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