Montague Hill?”
Annabel put her hand suddenly to her throat and steadied herself with the back
of a chair. It was in
fact the first embrace of motherhood she had ever known. “Oh, there’s no doubt of it! Since the girls of the eighties broke bounds and
sailed away on bicycles—my young days go back to the very beginnings of that
—it’s been one triumphant relaxation. Even if you were sick in the mind and did
not understand what you were doing, it's a mighty cruel thing you have done. ‘Monsieur, my wife intended not to anger you,’ he said in a tone of apology. "Vell," he growled, addressing Quilt, "you know who's here, I suppose?"
"To be sure I do," replied Quilt; "my noble friend, the Marquis of Slaughterford. See, it is on my cards—M. A
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large nose. But the fall was too great, and he abandoned the attempt. ‘Troops?’
‘Go, man,’ urged the major in an undervoice. "Not the sort of stories young ladies should read. I intend to remain very serious indeed while I’m doing it. Wood's famous 'prentice?"
"What apprentice?" asked the stranger, in surprise.
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