’ Gerald drew his breath in sharply as Lord Charvill took a step towards his granddaughter, thrusting out his head. All this— the island and its affairs—was an old story; but her own peculiar distaste had vanished to a point imperceptible, for she was seeing the island through her husband's eyes, as in the future she would see all things. “Of course I’m manager for this expedition,” he said, after an interval of self-examination. Here, Jem, take the gentleman's horse to the stable—see him dressed and fed directly. In all this world there was no sacred ground that said to her: Return! She was of all human beings the most lonely. Hadn’t the stomach to admit the truth, had he? I’ll lay any money he labelled you with some foul French name as well. “A ballot-box, you know,” he said, “is very largely just a box. "Aren't you afraid?" "Of what?"—serenely. She uncrossed her legs and lowered herself, carefully and slowly, until she lay supine. The soi-disant Valade held the centre of the room now, only an uncovered but closed card-table, its surface dusty, between him and the suite at the fireplace. 167 “True love is forever, isn’t it?” It was something a child would say, a phrase she had seen scratched on bathroom walls and maple trees, but it made her sad. “She has refused to listen to you?” “She has behaved in a most extraordinary manner,” he answered.
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