They found Ruth reading to Spurlock, whose shoulders and head were propped by pillows. Something or other—she did not catch what—he was damned if he could stand. She winced when first she heard the preparation-room door open and Capes came down the laboratory; but when at last he reached her she was self-possessed. ’ The lady opened her eyes very wide indeed. But I swear she ain’t told me nothing more, sir. Thames said not another word, but marched boldly towards him, and seized him by the collar. Quick, now. With an open hand, he slapped her face. Spurling, half aside. The Trenchard estates will likewise be mine, for Sir Rowland is no more, and the youth, Thames, will never again see daylight. “You have them both,” Anna answered. With delicate touch he rescued all that was possible of them, and made a careful little parcel. “Hullo!” Courtlaw, haggard, his deep-set eyes more brilliant than ever, took Anna’s hand into his, and breathed a little close drawn sigh of content. Who is the beautiful intruder? And why does she disguise herself as a nun? Why is she involved in an enterprise both foolhardy and dangerous? The girl’s accent suggests an émigré but Mademoiselle insists she is English.
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