His voice had changed, the joy had gone out of it; and she understood that something from the past had rolled up to spoil this hour. I think not. “I don’t think I shall. Anna was sitting before the fire a little distance from him—Ennison himself remained standing. ” Ann Veronica was doing her best to follow him. The business of serving gave Gerald a few moment’s grace, for he was dubious about the effect on an elderly female, not in the best of health, of raking up old memories. We are linked together in this matter, and must go through with it. ’ The full story—or as much as Gerald knew—of Valade’s machinations shocked the old lady so much that she was obliged to recruit her strength with a refill from the Madeira decanter. Her whole face stiffened with suppressed anger. She attended to that, and then dismissed it as unimportant. The room was papered with green, large-patterned paper that was at worst a trifle dingy, and the arm-chair and the seats of the other chairs were covered with the unusual brightness of a large-patterned chintz, which also supplied the window-curtain. She posed herself before her mirror and surveyed herself with gravely thoughtful, gravely critical, and yet admiring eyes.
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