“I am delighted to see you, Mr. I'm
nearly nabbing you. Her sister’s
words were true. ’
‘You traitor, Gerald,’ laughed Lucilla, her yellow curls bouncing under a huge
straw bonnet all over flowers. ’
‘Very much so,’ Gerald said, matching her tone, and at once forced the
discussion back to his own point of interest by adding, ‘I was particularly struck
by those poor Valades. The beautiful gowns and the flashing bare shoulders and arms of the women had
disturbed and distressed her. In passing, why do we fear death? For our sins? Rather, isn't it the tremendous
inherent human curiosity to know what is going to happen to-morrow that causes
us to wince at the thought of annihilation? A subconscious resentment against
the idea of entering darkness while our neighbour will proceed with his petty
affairs as usual?
"It's nip and tuck," said the doctor; "but we'll pull him through. Until this
instant, he discovered, he had thought of Melusine’s plan only in a nebulous
fashion, a naïve girl’s dream. Yours?"
The stranger hesitated. The world had grown
dark and wide, and she was very small.
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