"
There was a roaring in her ears like that of angry waters. She made lumpish and
inadequate interruptions rather than replies. Capes sat down in the armchair beside her. "
"And what is a geisha girl?"
Not to have heard of the geisha! It was as if she had asked: "What is Paris?"
What manner of tourist was this who had heard neither of the geisha of Japan
nor of the sing-song girl of China? Before he could marshal the necessary
phrases to explain, Ruth herself indicated her thought. They had shared almost seventy five
wonderful years there in nearly utter seclusion before it
came time to move on. To his consternation,
she was holding an unwieldy, ugly-looking pistol, all wood and tarnished steel,
with both hands about the butt. Somebody to whom she would be necessary, who for days would have to depend
upon her for the needs of life. Satisfied with his scrutiny, he
produced a pocket-flask, and taking off the silver cup with which it was
mounted, filled it with the contents of the flask, and then seizing the thin arm of
the sleeper, rudely shook it. The walls rocked, the footrail of the bed wavered, and the girl's head
had the nebulosity of a composite photograph. ”
Ann Veronica was silent for a while. “Why on earth,” he asked, “did you hurt me like that?”
Ann Veronica did her best to think she had not deliberately attempted to cause
him pain. I am not a madman, or a pauper, or even an unreasonable
person. Cathy threw Mike a look.
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