I loved her beyond anything in
heaven or on earth—to idolatry. ‘Do you think it is the
man in the moon that I mean? What is it that Gérard has told you?’
‘That you need help. It was the gratification of an immense necessity. He could quite understand the
daughter of Mr. Long ago. Then Alderman Dunstable, who had hitherto been
silent, broke out into speech and went off at a tangent, and gave his personal
impressions of quite a number of his fellow-councillors. The cook tried to ply her with spiced meat
and fish soup. For a time Spurlock did not move. A couple of gilt straight-backed chairs only. My sister was scarcely likely to make a mistake. “You understand, then,” he was saying, “you understand?”
“I understand,” said Ann Veronica, tear-wet and flushed with a reciprocal
passion, but standing up to him with an equality that amazed even herself, “I
understand.
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