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"I told him 'No!" And it seemed to me that her voice, which up to this point had been low but very steady, shook upon the monosyllable. "He walked with me a little way perhaps It was longer " "Trust me that it sha'n't happen again!" I exclaimed. "I'll see that Keredec knows of this at once. He will " "No, no," she interrupted quickly, "that is just what I want you not to do. Will you promise me?"
"Is he at the inn now?" "No, monsieur, but two friends for whom he engaged apartments have just arrived." "Who are they?" asked Keredec quickly. "It is a lady and a monsieur from Paris. But not married: they have taken separate apartments and she has a domestic with her, a negress, Algerian." "What are their names?" "It is not ten minutes that they are installed.
She managed to get a note to Keredec late this afternoon; it explained everything, and he had some trunks carried out the rear gate of the inn and carted over to Lisieux to be shipped to Paris from there. It is to be supposed or hoped, at least that this woman and her people will believe THAT means Professor Keredec and Mr. Harman will try to get to Paris in the same way."
I had only two glimpses of him of the briefest but they inspired me with such a depth of dislike that I can't tell you how painful it was to discover that 'Oliver Saffren' this strange, pathetic, attractive FRIEND of mine is the same man." "Oh, but he isn't!" she exclaimed quickly. "Keredec says he is," I laughed helplessly.
I made my evening ablutions removing a Joseph's coat of dust and paint; and came forth from my pavilion, hoping that Professor Keredec and his friend would not mind eating in the same garden with a man in a corduroy jacket and knickerbockers; but the gentlemen continued invisible to the public eye, and mine was the only table set for dinner in the garden.
I knew very well how hot and stuffy the salon of Madame Brossard's "Grande Suite" must be, while the garden was fragrant in the warm, dry night, and the outdoor air like a gentle tonic. Nevertheless, Professor Keredec and his friend preferred the salon. When a man is leading a very quiet and isolated life, it is inconceivable what trifles will occupy and concentrate his attention.
"How have I made it deeper for him? Wasn't it necessary that the poor woman should be told the truth?" "Professor Keredec seemed to think it important that she shouldn't." She turned to Keredec with a frightened gesture and an unintelligible word of appeal, as if entreating him to deny what George had said.
Cresson Ingle, who looked dubiously amused. "Ah come in," I said awkwardly. "George is here. Let me present Professor Keredec " "'George is here!" echoed Miss Elizabeth, interrupting, and paying no attention whatever to an agitated bow on the part of the professor. "I should say he WAS! They probably know THAT all the way to Trouville!" "We were discussing " I began.
"If I could give him back to her as he is now, it would be restoring to her all that she had loved in him, the real SELF of him! It would be the greatest gift in her life." "You speak for her?" demanded Ward, the question coming like a lawyer's. It failed to disturb Keredec, who replied quietly: "It is a quibble. I speak for her, yes, my dear sir.
Percy and Rameau, the black-bearded notary, who had joined her, was crossing the garden toward her own apartment. At the sound of the closing door, she glanced over her shoulder, sent forth a scream, and, whirling about, ran viciously for the steps, where she was again blocked by the indomitable Keredec.
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