’
‘Yes, that is what he said,’ agreed Melusine, pleased to find him of so ready an
understanding. "Why came
she here?"
"She could not resist the hand of fate which drew her hither," replied Sir Cecil,
mournfully. The prospect of the
gallows would never deter me from taking to the road, if I were so inclined. You say you have
twenty-four hundred in your letter of credit. Last night Mr. It seemed that
within an instant the Pestilence struck, and she begged me
on her deathbed to shelter you and her grandson for the
rest of your lives, as she could see that even though I was
a ‘demon fiend’ and ‘minor devil’ that I loved you. The Disguise
261
VI. Clarice rubbed her belly, singing songs to the
unborn baby. ”
CONTENTS
ANN VERONICA
CHAPTER THE FIRST
CHAPTER THE SECOND
CHAPTER THE THIRD
CHAPTER THE FOURTH
CHAPTER THE FIFTH
CHAPTER THE SIXTH
CHAPTER THE SEVENTH
CHAPTER THE EIGHTH
CHAPTER THE NINTH
CHAPTER THE TENTH
CHAPTER THE ELEVENTH
CHAPTER THE TWELFTH
CHAPTER THE THIRTEENTH
CHAPTER THE FOURTEENTH
CHAPTER THE FIFTEENTH
CHAPTER THE SIXTEENTH
CHAPTER THE SEVENTEENTH
ANN VERONICA
CHAPTER THE FIRST
ANN VERONICA TALKS TO HER FATHER
Part 1
One Wednesday afternoon in late September, Ann Veronica Stanley came
down from London in a state of solemn excitement and quite resolved to have
things out with her father that very evening. Accordingly, when she arrived at the
Shovels, with which, as an old haunt in her bygone days of wretchedness she
was well acquainted, instead of entering the principal apartment, which she saw
at a glance was crowded with company of both sexes, she turned into a small
room on the left of the bar, and, as an excuse for so doing, called for something
to drink. ”
He looked at her very gravely. “It is not an easy matter,” he said, “for me to offer you an altogether adequate
explanation. She went to market every day to fetch the daily bread
and more herbs for more medicines and potions, plus
treats for the apprentices made of honey and almond
paste. Well, I don’t think that’s fair.
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