But why didn't you let me
know they were coming. The chair is in the veranda. Arrived at Westbourne-Green—then
nothing more than a common covered with gorse and furzebushes, and boasting
only a couple of cottages and an alehouse—he perceived through the hedges the
objects of his search slowly ascending the gentle hill that rises from KensallGreen. It was at his side below the
breast, hidden by the dark colour of his close-fitting jacket. She thrust at him, following, almost spitting him as he
crashed against the altar, rocking the huge candlesticks and the vessels that stood
on it. And such skirts as Ann Veronica had had
when she entered the valley of Saas were safely packed away in the hotel, and
she wore a leather belt and loose knickerbockers and puttees—a costume that
suited the fine, long lines of her limbs far better than any feminine walking-dress
could do. But Manning
seemed more and more clearly indicated as a refuge, as security. The figure of the girl upon it in plain black dress, standing with
her hands behind her, was an undeniable and astonishing likeness of herself. He wished he had the time to solve this riddle,
for it was a riddle, and four-square besides. “I beg your pardon,” he said, “but you appear to be a fellow countrywoman of
mine, and in some distress. Yet he’s been here for six years, and he’s as much a fixture as that
sham mahogany sideboard.
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