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It was as well, he thought, to be chary of Enid's companionship. She was so sweet, so frank, that she beguiled him into imprudent frankness in return. He would not sit beside her at the piano therefore, or walk with her upon the terrace, although she looked prettier than ever, with a new wistful light in her blue eyes, a rose-flush upon her delicate cheeks.
But he did not know that Enid's father had suffered for him, and he had honestly lived down that distant past. 'If there is a man in this world who has the right to marry you, cried Adrian, 'I am that man. And if there is a man in this world whom you have the right to spurn, I am that man also. The extreme subtlety of the thing must be obvious to every reader. Enid forgave and accepted Adrian.
"Then why did you consent to marry him?" One question had followed another so naturally that the strangeness of each had not been felt. But Enid's cheeks were crimson now. "Oh, I don't know don't ask me! I felt miserable, and I thought that he would be a help to me and he isn't. I can't talk to him I can't trust him I can't ask him what to do!
"And what do you want to do with him?" Steel asked. "Well, you see, I have him in my power," Chris explained. "We can get the other Rembrandt any time we like now, but that is quite a minor consideration. What I want is for Merritt to know that I can have him arrested at any time for stealing my star. It's Enid's star, as a matter of fact; but that is a detail."
I brought her here that she might rest and recover herself a little before going home." He wanted to explain and simplify matters for Enid's benefit; he had grasped the fact that her uncle's entrance was making her exceedingly nervous. He put it down to fear of the General's anger, but it afterwards occurred to him that Mrs.
"Oh, Enid's all right," said Marion Atherstone, taking a fresh needleful of brown wool. Miss Atherstone was not clever, though she lived with clever people, and her powers of expressing herself were small. Her father, a retired doctor, on the other hand, was one of the ablest Liberal organizers in the country.
They must have met several times without the knowledge of any other member of our family; and it seems that she proffered her services to Marion as Enid's governess at his instigation. What do you think of that?" "I think," said Hubert deliberately, "that Florence has always proved herself something of a plotter, and that the letter shows that she was scheming to get a good situation.
But Geraint was brave, and he called out loudly, 'I claim the prize for the fairest lady in the field. And he glanced at Enid in her faded silk dress. Then, in a great rage, the Sparrow-hawk got ready for the fight with Enid's champion, and they fought so fiercely that three times they broke their spears. Then they got off their horses, and fought with their swords.
"Really, Enid Walker," she replied, "who asked you to interfere in my affairs?" "Nobody, but I mean to, all the same. You deserve to be cut by the whole class, and I shan't be friends with you again." "That's no great loss," said Muriel; "I wasn't aware that we ever were friends." Her tone was disdainful, and the coolness of her manner contrasted strongly with Enid's excited indignation.
But if she hadn't cared for him, why had she come to him with her troubles, and followed his advice, and wanted his good opinion? Why had she looked at him the way she had the day of Miss Enid's wedding, and said she remembered her dances with him better than those with anybody else? In bitterness of spirit he went over all the treasured words and glances he had hoarded since the day he met her.
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