Then as she drew nearer paint showed upon her face, and a harsh purpose behind the quiet expression of her open countenance, and a sort of unreality in her splendor betrayed itself for which Ann Veronica could not recall the right word—a word, half understood, that lurked and hid in her mind, the word “meretricious. Ennison seemed to feel already the shadow of tragedy approaching. I'll bet you haven't given her a bucket of paint in three years. He took his seat at the table, but leaned forward to address her. I cannot go on. “Then you—you will?” A long pause. ‘You are an avid reader, I take it. “And to think that it’s not a full year ago since I was a black-hearted rebel school-girl, distressed, puzzled, perplexed, not understanding that this great force of love was bursting its way through me! All those nameless discontents—they were no more than love’s birth-pangs. Nothing but the publicity of the place and the recollection of that terrible constituency kept him from attempting some perfectly respectful but unmistakable evidence of his sympathy. "And yet, he has been spared thus long; perhaps with a wise purpose," rejoined Thames. He had very nearly cleared the board, when a knock was heard below, and descending at the summons, he found his two janizaries.
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