Fate has two methods of procedure—the sudden and the long-drawn-out. He had been gone entirely one day, for yesterday afternoon he had departed from Remenham House, and she had waited with patience like a saint, and now it was again the afternoon. He dragged it out, and perceiving, in spite of the decayed frame, that it was the body of Sir Rowland Trenchard, commanded his attendants to convey it up stairs—an order which was promptly obeyed. ’ ‘That has put “only Gerald” very firmly in his place,’ mourned Gerald. “It’s something that bothers me. He helped himself to a beer, then a vodka and tonic, then two rum and Cokes. ” Annabel pulled down her veil to hide the tears. . It was something that would create a mutual claim, a relationship. Ah! but you can’t imagine what you are to me and what you mean to me! I suppose there is something mystical and wonderful about all women. She could not judge its direction, and began to move swiftly along the bookshelves, her hand running behind her across the spines of the calfbound volumes. That was one of the mysterious qualities of this child of the lagoon: she had always at instant service that Oriental mask of impenetrable calm that no Occidental trick could dislodge. The floor was thickly strewn with sawdust and shavings; and across the room ran a long and wide bench, furnished at one end with a powerful vice; next to which three nails driven into the boards served, it would appear from the lump of unconsumed tallow left in their custody, as a substitute for a candlestick. The unfortunate woman was stretched upon the floor, with a bloody knife in her hand.
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