CHAPTER XXIII. Swiftly following the sound of knocking, she crossed right and passed through a door near the windows—and found herself in the bookroom. She almost sprang to her feet. A millionaire and a knight, even though his money has been made in carpets, is used to being a person of interest. Her eyes flashed. Nothing could exceed the dismay of these personages when they learnt why they had been summoned. Throwing down the pencil, she snatched up a piece of India-rubber, and exclaiming,—"It isn't at all like him! it isn't half handsome enough!" was about to efface the sketch, when Thames darted into the room. She lit the cigarette with a tiny Kelly green drugstore lighter. Life seemed a very brave and glorious enterprise to Ann Veronica that day. But not once in these ten years had they borne blossom or fruit. . She was not afraid exactly, but there was that about her loneliness to-night she distrusted. They were both conscious, however, that something had intervened between them. " "You hear, my son," said the widow eagerly. "Come here," said the petticoated tyrant.
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