She is a woman chosen in youth for her beauty and her intelligence. ’ Leaning down, she raised the hem of the petticoat of her habit to reveal a neat little pair of boots on her feet. Sometimes at sea a skipper will order his men to trim, batten down the hatches, and clear the deck of all litter. Her sleepless night had left her languid but not stupefied, and for an hour or so the work distracted her altogether from her troubles. ‘Before she can think of marriage, Melusine must prove her identity. But probably not the truth. “Do you mean, aunt,” she asked, “that my father thought I had gone off—with some man?” “What else COULD he think? Would any one DREAM you would be so mad as to go off alone?” “After—after what had happened the night before?” “Oh, why raise up old scores? If you could see him this morning, his poor face as white as a sheet and all cut about with shaving! He was for coming up by the very first train and looking for you, but I said to him, ‘Wait for the letters,’ and there, sure enough, was yours. ’ She shuddered, throwing her hands over her face. ” “Does she have to sell her soul to the Devil?” Lucy asked, feeling stupid.
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