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Her hand darted like a snake out of the folds; poising itself with the little silver cone aimed at Lakla. But before it was wholly poised, before the priestess could loose its force, the handmaiden was upon her.
After that our little handmaiden was always called Delilah, among the talking Teacups. The Mistress keeps a watchful eye on this young girl. I should not be surprised to find that she was carrying out some ideal, some fancy or whim, possibly nothing more, but springing from some generous, youthful impulse. Perhaps she is working for that little sister at the Blind Asylum.
Meanwhile, Lord Roos had taken advantage of the brief halt of the hunting party to approach the Countess of Exeter, and pointing out Gillian to her, inquired in a low tone, and in a few words, to which, however, his looks imparted significance, whether she would take the pretty damsel into her service as tire-woman or handmaiden.
But she quieted the poor handmaiden as simply and easily as a nursing mother quiets her unweaned baby. Why are we not all in love with Number Five? Perhaps we are. At any rate, I suspect the Professor. When we all get quiet, I will touch him up about that visit she promised to make to his laboratory. I got a chance at last to speak privately with him.
"And, God, our Father, we pray Thee, have this daughter of ours, this handmaiden of Thine, ever in Thy keeping. And these things we ask in the name of Thy Son Amen."
I could make no answer to such highly scientific statements, and in a few moments a knock was heard at the door, upon which our handmaiden precipitated herself. "Come right in," she said. "Don't take notice if yer boots is muddy fer I'll be scrubbin' th' floor ter-morrer.
One of the window slits dropped almost to the floor, and at its base was a wide, comfortably cushioned seat commanding a view of the bridge and of the cavern ledge. To this the handmaiden beckoned us; sank upon it, drew Larry down beside her and motioned me to sit close to him.
While the happy little party were so engaged, Jupp was being regaled sumptuously in the kitchen with both Molly the cook and Mary to minister to his wants, the latter handmaiden having returned from the parlour after carrying in the tea-tray.
They bent toward us, over us; their radiance enfolded us. My eyes darkened. I could not see. I felt a tender hand upon my head and panic and frozen dread and nightmare web that held me fled. Then they, too, were gone. Upon Larry's breast the handmaiden was sobbing sobbing out her heart but this time with the joy of one who is swept up from the very threshold of hell into paradise.
And there is another thing that Lugur does not know when he opens the Portal the Silent Ones will hear and Lakla and the Akka will be swift to greet its opener." "Rador," I asked, "how know you all this?" "The handmaiden is my own sister's child," he answered quietly. O'Keefe drew a long breath. "Uncle," he remarked casually in English, "meet the man who's going to be your nephew!"
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