The idea of Ruth as a
talisman against misfortune—which he now recognized as a sick man's idea—
faded as his appreciation of the absurd reasserted itself. All
right! I’m off. Her husband stared at her over the candle flame. A quick flush stained her
cheeks. Seeming to feel that this statement called for
explanation, he added, ‘I been working for the sisters six month, see. ‘To read and write, of course, and to sew. “Just fine. Ann Veronica brought her luggage in a cab from the hotel; she tipped the hotel
porter sixpence and overpaid the cabman eighteenpence, unpacked some of her
books and possessions, and so made the room a little homelike, and then sat
down in a by no means uncomfortable arm-chair before the fire. She was to fall back amongst the ruck, a young
woman of talent, content perhaps to earn a scanty living by painting Christmas
cards, or teaching at a kindergarten. ”
Chapter X
THE TRAGEDY OF AN APPETITE
Anna, notwithstanding her quiet clothes, a figure marvellously out of accord
with her surroundings, sat before a small marble-topped table at a crowded
A. And after that Alice became remoter than ever, and, after a time, ill.
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