“It was a plot amongst them all to humiliate her. ‘Lord,’ Gerald uttered, his inexplicable annoyance evaporating. \" He said to her as he
threw the gear into Park. If I can’t talk anywhere else—I DO want an understanding. ‘But I have been
perfectly honest about that. “One day,” he resumed, “we will start off early and come down into
Kandersteg and up these zigzags and here and here, and so past this Daubensee
to a tiny inn—it won’t be busy yet, though; we may get it all to ourselves—on
the brim of the steepest zigzag you can imagine, thousands of feet of zigzag; and
you will sit and eat lunch with me and look out across the Rhone Valley and over
blue distances beyond blue distances to the Matterhorn and Monte Rosa and a
long regiment of sunny, snowy mountains. Jack, who had formerly been in the custody of both these gentlemen,
gave them a very cordial welcome; apologized for the sorry room he was
compelled to receive them in; and when they took leave, insisted on treating
them to a double bowl of punch, which they were now discussing with the upper
jailer, Mr. I
should have gone mad without it. The atmosphere was
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strained and deathly quiet at the dining room table. "
"A short man, isn't he, about your height, Sir,—with a yellow beard, and a face
as sly as a fox's?"
"Hem!" replied Wood, coughing slightly to conceal a smile; "the description's
not amiss. Manning regarded her thoughtfully for a moment and stroked his
mustache.
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