She was shaking violently when she entered the side
door of the house. Love … to take her in his arms and to comfort her: and then to add to her cup of
bitterness the knowledge that her husband was a thief! For himself he did not
care; God could continue to grind and pulverize him; but to add another grain to
the evil he had already wrought upon Ruth was unthinkable. The letter began:
“MY DEAREST GIRL,—I cannot let you do this foolish thing—”
She crumpled notes and letter together in her hand, and then with a passionate
gesture flung them into the fire. “A silly little priestess who
knew nothing of life at all until she came to you. I am sorry to seem to hurt you, but all I say is
for your good. It would be very hard perhaps
to make you understand just how I feel about it. He was about to cut the sergeant short, when
his eye fell on a gentleman walking along Piccadilly, his manner uncertain, his
eyes shifting as if he sought something out. ’
‘But you are excessively clever, Jacques,’ cried Melusine, relief flooding her.
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