’
‘Eh? Why did you not say so, man?’ demanded Hilary crossly. For the
young, immortality must seem promising, even
wonderful! The grass is always greener on the other
side. I want to do something. “Do you know, I have been wondering what had become of you,” she said. There lay upon this stand a book bound in limp black leather—the Holy Bible. “Why should women be dependent on men?” she asked; and the question was
at once converted into a system of variations upon the theme of “Why are things
as they are?”—“Why are human beings viviparous?”—“Why are people hungry
thrice a day?”—“Why does one faint at danger?”
She stood for a time looking at the dry limbs and still human face of that
desiccated unwrapped mummy from the very beginnings of social life. At ninethirty he climbed into the chair and signified to Ah Cum that he was ready. Seizing her hand he covered it with kisses. ”
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She smiled wider. ’
Such simple faith touched Gerald. She
was perhaps three-and-twenty, and very pink and healthy-looking, showing a
great deal of white and rounded neck above her business-like but altogether
feminine blouse, and a good deal of plump, gesticulating forearm out of her
short sleeve.
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