”
“Why did you tell me? I thought—I thought we were going to be friends. All these
wonderful comrades, henceforth and for ever hers. He could not pull her soul apart now to
satisfy that queer absorbing, delving thing which was his literary curiosity; he
had put her outside that circle. Her gown was minimalist compared
to those concoctions of boning and lace of long ago, she
reflected, but that did not stop it from getting caught on
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brambles and twigs. “I’m going to talk of indifferent themes,” said Ramage, a little fussily, “until
these interruptions of the service are over. ”
“You were in a difficult position,” Mr. What right had a young woman to possess
the scarring and intimate knowledge of that dreg of human society, the
beachcomber?
CHAPTER II
Ah Cum lived at No. I do not say guest because that suggests friendship;
and I am no friend of this Wastrel. ”
The conversation hung. “Please stop by. We can’t be lovers in the ordinary sense, but we can be
great and intimate friends. Sheppard," said the carpenter, advancing to meet her, and trying to
look as cheerful and composed as he could; "what brings you to town, eh?—
Nothing amiss, I trust?"
"Nothing whatever, Sir," answered the widow.
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