The eldest, Constance, was lost, by the
carelessness of a servant, during her infancy, and has never since been heard of:
the youngest, Aliva, is the present Lady Trafford. ’
The familiar hollow opened up inside Melusine’s chest, and she could not
prevent the husky note that entered her voice. “You’re not
interested in politics?” he asked, almost with a note of protest. This was what he missed. She
saw the moonlit waters, the black shadow of the proa, the moon-fire that ran
down the far edge of the bellying sail, the silent natives: no sound except the
slapping of the outrigger and the low sibilant murmur of water falling away from
the sides—and the beating of her heart. She addressed an envelope to Ramage, and
scrawled on a half-sheet of paper, “The rest shall follow. What was the alternative to going home? No alternative appeared in that
darkness. Let us be friends—as near and close as
friends can be. "Where did you learn the song I heard just now?" he demanded, in an
authoritative tone. Sheppard was committed to the earth. "
At the mention of the latter occurrence, a dark cloud gathered upon the stranger's
brow.
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