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They two were strong enough to hew and build alone their own Palace of Delight. Her intuitive knowledge of the world informed her that, in the long run, society, if firmly disregarded, admits the claim of certain persons to go their own way even rapidly admits it, though they be the merest bleating strays from the common fold, should they haply be possessed of rank or fortune.
Vast populations have drifted down the stream of time at this spot, leaving no name or mark behind them, save these relics fashioned, by the merest of chances, out of a practically imperishable material; steel and copper would have rotted away long ago, and the stoutest palaces crumbled to dust under the teeth of the desert air.
The major dropped quietly away from Lady Geraldine's side, and the plighted lovers strolled under the trees for a little, pending the signal for the return. "So you know Miss Lovel?" Geraldine said, with an icy air of surprise, as soon as she and George Fairfax were alone. "I can hardly say that I know her; our acquaintance is the merest accident," answered Mr.
Norman's recounting of this to Miss Dabney was the merest unburdening of an overloaded soul, and he was careful to garble it so that the prospective daughter-in-law of Colonel Duxbury might not be hurt. But Ardea read between the lines. Could it be possible that Tom's lifelong enmity for the Farleys, father and son, had even a little justification in fact?
Therefore, he argued, no self-respecting highwayman would rob a man like Will Cummins the merest hint that property belonged to him would be sufficient to protect it. He had waxed eloquent over the matter. He was now appalled to think how his argument, though insincere, had been refuted. That Mamie had spoken those fatal words was not a ruse of his but an inexplicable accident.
In his excitement Archer had forgotten that ominous tread above their prison, and he drew back while Tom raised the door to the merest crack and peered cautiously out. The fresh air afforded them infinite relief. The night was still and clear, the sky thick with stars. Far away a range of black heights was outlined against the sky, and over there the moon was rising.
He came back to life very weak, but avid of recovery; and his first words were: "I've been hanging over the edge, Gracie!" A very high cliff, and his body half over, balancing; one inch, the merest fraction of an inch more, and over he would have gone. Deuced rum sensation! But not so horrible as it would have been in real life.
Plainly, I could not get away from the islet of myself, and therefore I must needs stay till some one came to fetch me. But when would that be? It would be the merest chance if any one on shore should turn their eyes in the direction of the reef; and even if they did, they would not recognise my presence there without the aid of a glass.
The lid of the stranger's right eye dropped ever so little. It was the merest of winks. Yet it was unmistakable. It recalled their morning's meeting. More, it was the tolerant wink of a superior to an inferior. A wink that merited a kick? Quite so. The keen black eyes veered from Racey to the girl. The man removed his hat and bowed with, it must be said, not a little grace.
He knew in his better moments, that the refusal of grace was the Lord's own doing, and he supposed that it was due to His love and desire to try him; but upon this assurance he could not continually rest. It slipped away from under him, and at times he felt himself to be no stronger than the merest man of the world. His case was very simple and very common the simplest, commonest case in life.
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