‘And I’d like to know what the devil—’ ‘Out of town?’ repeated Melusine, stupefied. It both pleased and amused Gerald that Hilary adhered rigidly to protocol before the men, no matter what he might say to his major on other occasions. Ruth did not resent the use of her mind and body in this tale of adventure. What he wanted desperately was to be alone. ‘I am saying so,’ protested Gerald mildly. She realized dimly that there was no personal thing behind his cry, that countless myriads of Mannings had “My God!”-ed with an equal gusto at situations as flatly apprehended. ‘It is you who is the fool,’ she threw at him, whipping round again. ‘Yes, like you,’ she snapped, with a venomous glance, her role evidently forgotten for the moment. ’ She was seized by two strong hands and drawn close. The drawers at the moment were too busy to attend to her, and she would have seized the opportunity of examining, unperceived, the assemblage within, through a little curtained window that overlooked the adjoining chamber, if an impediment had not existed in the shape of Baptist Kettleby, whose portly person entirely obscured the view. .
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