“But if you knew anything of that—”
“I did. Who could say that
the two weren't in collusion? When a chap like Spurlock jumped the traces,
cherchez la femme, every time. That’s—
that’s my private life. “You are in luck, Miss Pellissier,” he declared. Having now sealed his letter, Sheppard took a handkerchief, and tying it over
Shotbolt's face, so as completely to conceal the features, clapped his hat upon his
head, and pushed it over his brows. “Number 13, please, cabman. But I'll be more lenient,
and content myself with merely chastising you, on condition—"
"You may do as you please, master," interrupted Jack, thrusting his hand into his
pocket, as if in search of the knife; "but I wouldn't advise you to lay hands on me
again. I've already got some college credits
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from my gifted courses. I
must apologize for disturbing you at such an unseemly hour, but I should be very
much obliged if Miss Pellissier would allow me a few minutes’ conversation. It's as well to be on the safe side. ‘It’s my belief she
is a nun. She was never able to
trace the changes her attitude had undergone, from the time when she believed
herself to be the pampered Queen of Fortune, the crown of a good man’s love
(and secretly, but nobly, worshipping some one else), to the time when she
realized she was in fact just a mannequin for her lover’s imagination, and that he
cared no more for the realities of her being, for the things she felt and desired,
for the passions and dreams that might move her, than a child cares for the
sawdust in its doll.
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