‘Gerald, this is a nun’s habit. "
There was a brief, breathless pause. You
can’t! I tell you frankly you may break off your engagement to me—I shall hold
myself still engaged to you, yours just the same. To-morrow they will know the truth. Such was the effect produced upon the passengers by his good looks
and manly deportment, that few—especially of the gentler and more susceptible
sex—failed to turn round and bestow a second glance upon the handsome
stranger. I
gather you wish to go up in some fantastic get-up, wrapped about in your opera
cloak, and that after the festivities you propose to stay with these friends of
yours, and without any older people in your party, at an hotel. She slipped it calmly into her pocket. "
"Death and the devil! what a cursed interruption!" cried Jack, impatiently. ‘Yes, th-there it is,’ she uttered, stumbling a little over the words. He kissed her lightly
on the lips. "
"Never, while I've breath in my body, Captain," rejoined Blueskin, who had
joined them. At the cost of quite a number of torn drafts she
succeeded in evolving this:
“DEAR MR. The poor things! Oh, it was quite
dreadful. "
"Have you told him so?" she inquired, reproachfully.
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