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Updated: May 4, 2025
And lo! here they were, howling and crowding about him dirks in their hands and devils in their eyes and hearts and the paper not his yet! A clamour rose as they poured in; the dancers ceased to dance; the music ceased to play; and Margot, shutting a tight clutch on the loosened part of her half-unfastened bodice, swung away from Cleek's side, and flew in a panic to Merode.
And lo! here they were, howling and crowding about him, dirks in their hands and devils in their eyes and hearts and the paper not his yet! A clamour rose as they poured in; the dancers ceased to dance; the music ceased to play; and Margot, shutting a tight clutch on the loosened part of her half-unfastened bodice, swung away from Cleek's side, and flew in a panic to Merode.
Her hair, which had fallen over her shoulders, her Magdalen-like attitude, the disorder of her half-unfastened dress, the whole picture had been composed by the devil, who, as is well known, is a fine colorist. The Prince put his arm round the weeping girl, who slipped from him like a snake, and clung to one foot, pressing it to her beautiful bosom.
She had half-unfastened one small sandal, but she tied the ribbons again, and seated herself by the open window. The ledge and casement framed a dim oblong of thin light from the candles behind her, a lonely lustre, which crossed the veranda to melt shapelessly into darkness on the soggy lawn.
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