Chapter XVI THE DISCOMFITURE OF SIR JOHN Sir John looked from one to the other of the two sisters. The night before they made McClintock's Ruth and Spurlock leaned over the rail, their shoulders touching. But after all, what did it matter whether she had secrets or not? To him she was not a woman but a symbol; and one did not investigate the antecedents of symbols. "Mr. A maidservant held the front door open. Sepulchre's clock struck eight. Do you remember when we went right away, Nigel, and forgot everything? We went down the river past Veraz, and the larks were singing all over those deep brown fields, and the river further on wound its way like a coil of silver across the rich meadowland, and along the hillside vineyards. Beside me on Anna’s table was a pistol. It seemed to her the last desperate attack upon the universe that would not let her live as she desired to live, that penned her in and controlled her and directed her and disapproved of her, the same invincible wrappering, the same leaden tyranny of a universe that she had vowed to overcome after that memorable conflict with her father at Morningside Park. No doubt that was due to his helplessness. Sepulchre's should pronounce a solemn exhortation upon every criminal on his way to Tyburn, for which office he was to receive a small stipend. " "Write him," urged Spurlock, finding speech. ” “But it may matter very much indeed,” Anna declared. Her fingers found the lump she sought and, with a little effort, she dragged out the black-wrapped foil. The night was clear and moonlit, dazzling with even light blue shadows that shone into manicured lawns and pristine gardens.
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