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“His stipend forbade it,” she
said, and seemed to fall into a train of thought. "
Sheppard started to his feet. “It is strange that we should have met Annabel,” she said. Fancying they were alone, Sir Rowland threw aside his cloak, and produced a
heavy bag of money, which he flung upon the table; and, when Wild had feasted
his greedy eyes sufficiently upon its golden contents, he handed him a pocketbook filled with notes. She was dressed in one of those complicated dresses that are all lace and work
and confused patternings of black and purple and cream about the body, and she
was in many ways a younger feminine version of the same theme as himself. He had removed his silk hat, and
now sat looking at Ann Veronica over an untouched cup of tea; he sat gloating
upon her, trying to catch her eye. Accordingly, the old knight reduced his
son's allowance to a third of its previous amount; and, upon further provocation,
he even went so far as to alter his will in favour of his daughter, Aliva, who was
then betrothed to her cousin, Sir Cecil Trafford. But never had the hand touched her with a father's caress;
never had he taken her into his arms; never had he kissed her. ‘But who was he, Gerald?’
‘A damned condottiere,’ exploded Gerald, forgetting his company. "Jack Sheppard," returned the boy, fixing his eyes upon a portrait of the Earl of
Mar.
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