Was it that the struggle of things to survive produced as a sort of necessary byproduct these intense preferences and appreciations, or was it that some mystical outer thing, some great force, drove life beautyward, even in spite of expediency, regardless of survival value and all the manifest discretions of life? She went to Capes with that riddle and put it to him very carefully and clearly, and he talked well—he always talked at some length when she took a difficulty to him—and sent her to a various literature upon the markings of butterflies, the incomprehensible elaboration and splendor of birds of Paradise and hummingbirds’ plumes, the patterning of tigers, and a leopard’s spots. The deafening report froze time. She tried surreptitiously to reach her own dagger, in its cunning hiding place in her petticoat. She went from period to period exactly as she would have read prose; so that sense and music were equally balanced. ” “THE BUCKNALL MANSIONS MYSTERY. If only sometimes he would grow angry at her, impatient! But his tender courtesy was unfailing; and under this would be the abiding bitterness of having mistaken gratitude for love. ‘Gérard is not mad, only of a disposition entirely interfering. . You were wide the mark, physically; otherwise you had him pat. He had not thought to find a lady so ready of humour and willing to give him a hearing. Cautiously stepping outside, he looked up towards the terrace. He wondered if, after all, McClintock wasn't nearest the truth, that Ruth was one of those unfortunate yet innocent women who make havoc with the hearts of men.
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