Diane Vorsack tried to disguise the fact that she was livid, her daughter’s buffoonery having driven off the prestigious dinner guests before the after-dinner drinks could be served. When he finally telegraphed his startling information to Hong-Kong, it was too late for O'Higgins to act. She had a horrible glimpse of the once nice little old lady being also borne stationward, still faintly battling and very muddy—one lock of grayish hair straggling over her neck, her face scared, white, but triumphant. When younger, and in better health, she must have been eminently lovely; and there were still the remains of great beauty about her. She was dressed as English girls do dress for town, without either coquetry or harshness: her collarless blouse confessed a pretty neck, her eyes were bright and steady, and her dark hair waved loosely and graciously over her ears. Grimly Hilary smiled to himself at the effect of Gerald’s name. She might be able to go on with biology, possibly even work upon the same questions that he dealt with. Such pretty manners, she thought. How would it serve Nicholas to keep the truth from his daughter? A tiny thread of disquiet troubled him. Jack, meanwhile, with Blueskin's assistance, had set the table once more upon its legs, and placing writing materials, which he took from a shelf, upon it, made Shotbolt, who was still gagged, but whose arms were for the moment unbound, sit down before them.
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