In this way he crossed one or two public gardens and a
bowling-green,—the neighbourhood of Clerkenwell then abounded in such
places of amusement,—passed the noted Ducking Pond, where Black Mary had
been frequently immersed; and, striking off to the left across the fields, arrived in
a few minutes at his destination. He flung aside all his talk of help and disinterested friendship as though it had
never been even a disguise between them, as though from the first it was no
more than a fancy dress they had put quite understandingly upon their
relationship. This time,
there was no doubt, she did not sleep. ”
“Will you remember me?”
“Unfortunately. Some one may observe us. The music throbbed into the
warnings that preceded the king’s irruption. ”
“You are wonderful!” she murmured. “Does a bear shit in the woods?” He said. But Melusine’s own words had thrown an idea into her head. “You can’t imagine,” he said, “what a beastly thing a furtive love affair can
be. She
meditated long and carefully upon her letter to her father before she wrote it, and
gravely and deliberately again before she despatched it.
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