Part 5
Presently it occurred to Ann Veronica to ask about the journey he had planned. Next instant, Gerald felt his wrist seized in an iron grip. ’
The dagger was in her hand. “You need not be alarmed,” he said. She had slept badly at first in a
long chair next to the fire waiting for him to return, but
caught on after that. ’
‘Addlepated imbecile, Hilary,’ corrected Gerald calmly. ’
‘Ah, that was an affair altogether different,’ she explained and fluttered her
long lashes at him. "
Captivity had, indeed, produced a striking alteration in Thames. This lifeless appearance was
heightened by the extreme sharpness of her features—especially the nose and
chin,—and by the emaciation of her limbs, which was painfully distinct through
her drapery. “We are both of us trenching upon forbidden ground,” she said. Kneebone's house, the young man hastened to a hotel in the
neighbourhood of Covent Garden, where, having procured a horse, he shaped his
course towards the west end of the town.
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