Sheppard heaved a deep sigh, and opened her eyes, which now looked larger, blacker, and more melancholy than ever. He caressed her tenderly, with no trace of the Sebastian who had previously knocked her off her feet with a slap across the mouth. But there was only Gosse, still struggling with the picture, looking dazedly towards Melusine and the lad he had shot, then away towards the sounds of pursuit, and back again. To-night there seemed to be a new brilliancy in her eyes, a deeper quality in her tone. But the great point was still unaccomplished. Why on earth couldn’t he leave her to grow in her own way? Her pride rose at the bare thought of return. She seemed just as stiff and shy as a girl ought to be, Lady Palsworthy thought, neither garrulous nor unready, and free from nearly all the heavy aggressiveness, the overgrown, overblown quality, the egotism and want of consideration of the typical modern girl. “The walk has given me an appetite, and I do not feel like waiting till five o’clock. Accordingly, he stopped the coach, dismounted, and hastened towards the assemblage, which, he was glad to find, consisted chiefly of a posse of watchmen and other guardians of the night. But d—n him! let's talk o' something more agreeable. It is only the women matter. It was hard to gain weight when you hated to eat.
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