. Rowland's purposes were, however, defeated in a manner as unexpected as appalling. He was in love with her! She tried to grasp all the welter of values in the situation simultaneously, and draw some conclusion from their disorder. She could hear the bell tinkle as the horse shook its head. CHAPTER XXVII His idea, cleverly planned, was to shatter her resistance, to confound her suddenly by striking her mind with words which would rob her coherent thought. Oh, I’ve loved love, dear! I’ve loved love and you, and the glory of you; and the great time is over, and I have to go carefully and bear children, and—take care of my hair—and when I am done with that I shall be an old woman. Ann Veronica, who knew her dress became her, dropped a curtsy to her father’s regard. ’ She turned, her eyes narrowed. He was beginning to think about her inordinately. Then one old crone, short-sighted and shaky-handed, called Ann Veronica “dearie,” and made some remark, obscure and slangy, of which the spirit rather than the words penetrated to her understanding. ‘Jacques!’ He stopped, but he did not turn. Lucy saw it happen as if in slow motion. Probably he taught me what a joke was merely to irritate my father; for suddenly Father stopped my going to the store for things and sent our old Kanaka cook instead. It was a bright and beautiful day: so bright, so beautiful, that even her sad heart was cheered by it. “She must have character.
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