” “Teddy,” said Ann Veronica, “you’re a dear!” “Oh, quite!” said Teddy, convulsively, and lifted an imaginary hat and left her. “Why should women be dependent on men?” she asked; and the question was at once converted into a system of variations upon the theme of “Why are things as they are?”—“Why are human beings viviparous?”—“Why are people hungry thrice a day?”—“Why does one faint at danger?” She stood for a time looking at the dry limbs and still human face of that desiccated unwrapped mummy from the very beginnings of social life. A hush descended across the audience as instruments tuned, creating small ladders of fifths that collapsed abruptly, snatches of solos that disappeared and reappeared like gags in a house of mirrors. “I heard nothing,” he declared, “and my ears are good. “There’s no delusions, so far as I know,” said Ann Veronica. ’ ‘Excellent,’ Gerald had approved. After knocking for some time at the door without effect, he tried the latch, and to his surprise found it open. We must never let your father know we went. You are not playing to-night, are you?” “Not to-night,” she answered. What you did is called manslaughter, and at the worst there is only a very slight penalty, nothing to be frightened about in the least. Oh, I think I understand, Annabel. But they found him on the veranda when they returned from McClintock's that evening. G'night, kids. Her amusement fled and she stared at him, as a slow thump began beating at her breast.
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