She did not open the Bible but laid it on the edge of the bed, knelt and rested her forehead upon the worn leather cover. 2. She no more realizes what she has done than a child of eight. She made a curious movement toward her niece, then suddenly, convulsively, she dabbed down something lumpy on the table and turned to follow her brother. ’ ‘She’s as clothheaded as you,’ Roding retorted, but he slipped an arm about the lady’s waist and gave her a quick squeeze. And yet—he thought of the supper party where he had met Annabel Pellissier, the stories about her, his own few minutes’ whispered lovemaking! He was a self-contained young man, but his cheeks grew hot at the thought of the things which it had seemed quite natural to say to her then, but which he knew very well would have been instantly resented by the girl whom he had just left. The recollection of the forlorn and loveless years—stirred into consciousness by the unexpected confrontation—bent her as the high wind bends the water-reed. In the old days he had been something of an athlete—a runner, an oarsman, and a crack at tennis. Cursed him for his devotion that had made him come back for her, only to get himself shot by the fiendish Gosse. He knew that he could translate literally. Father and daughter regarded each other warily, each more than a little insecure with the other.
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