“Now I see what everything means,” said Ann Veronica to herself; and it really felt for some days as though the secret of the universe, that had been wrapped and hidden from her so obstinately, was at last altogether displayed. That is why I have dyed my hair, that is why I have abandoned my rôle of ingenuèe and altered my whole style of dress. Nobody who cared. The sounds of the seashore infiltrated her dreams as she floated in heavenly bliss of sleep. “We played at love-making in Paris. Anna, in her strange striking way, was radiantly beautiful. From the portals of the hotel—scarcely fifty yards from the canal—one saw the blank face of the ancient city of Canton. After debating with himself whether he should further seek an interview, which, though, now in his power, was so sedulously shunned by the other party, he decided in the negative; and contenting himself with writing upon a slip of paper the hasty words,—"You are known by the villagers,—be upon your guard,"—he gave it to the ostler, with instructions to deliver it instantly to the owner of the horse he pointed out, and pursued his course. " "May be," returned the man gravely. " "No," answered the ruffian, moodily. Don't ask any more questions. " "Surely, you haven't stolen it?" "Stolen's an awkward word. "I'll tell you a dream I had last night," continued the unfortunate being. She had lost her nerve, and there was no more freedom in London for her that night. What right had a young woman to possess the scarring and intimate knowledge of that dreg of human society, the beachcomber? CHAPTER II Ah Cum lived at No.
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