” “Did it hurt when we did it?” His voice rose, inflamed with worry. She imagined descending the stairs, hearing Mike’s uproarious laughter as she peeked around a vacant corner with a lump in her throat. She had done forever with the Age of Chivalry, and her own base adaptations of its traditions to the compromising life. Indeed, it seemed inevitable that she must clear it up with his assistance, or not at all. CHAPTER I. Sheppard, attend to what I'm about to say to you. He refused his food,—and even when better provisions were offered him, rejected them. I have fulfilled my part of our marriage contract. London Bridge had suffered a degree less than most places. It seemed at first the most beautiful afternoon of all time to her, and perhaps the thrill of her excitement did add a distinctive and culminating keenness to the day. She was never able to trace the changes her attitude had undergone, from the time when she believed herself to be the pampered Queen of Fortune, the crown of a good man’s love (and secretly, but nobly, worshipping some one else), to the time when she realized she was in fact just a mannequin for her lover’s imagination, and that he cared no more for the realities of her being, for the things she felt and desired, for the passions and dreams that might move her, than a child cares for the sawdust in its doll. ” “And mine,” murmured his companion, with the smile still lingering upon his lips.
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