He was aware of Hilary, in company with Lucilla and the comtesse’s daughter some few yards away, listening in suddenly. He had been dreaming of Ruth—an old recurrency of that dream he had had in Canton, of Ruth leading him to the top of the mountain. Now when I tell you exactly the truth, you will also not believe me. “Your father is in the study and wishes to speak to you. One went in for painting, kept straight and married old Ferringhall a week or so ago—the Lord help her. But the morning brought courage again, and those first intimations of horror vanished completely from her mind. ’ Hilary’s jaw dropped open, and he stood stupidly staring, the nun’s clothing dangling from his hand. ’ He sat up. ‘I’ll play you at your own game,’ he growled, holding the foreshortened foil in place with rigid control. Having secured this implement, he burst from his conductor, and, leaping into the hatch, as clowns generally spring into the clockfaces, when in pursuit of harlequin in the pantomime,—that is, back foremost,— broke into a fit of loud and derisive laughter, kicking his heels merrily all the time against the boards.
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