It was the largest room in the house, which was why it had been given over to the main business of the convent as a house of God. You don’t happen to know of any one, I suppose, who wants a nursery governess, or a clerk—without shorthand—or a tryer-on, or a copyist, or——” “For Heaven’s sake stop, Miss Pellissier,” he interrupted. And if she is not a nun, nor a refugee, and yet is entirely English, I’m hanged if I know what she is. She was wholly unable to conceal her knowledge of his presence. Yes, yes, there is no doubt about it. Moving swiftly to the end of the corridor, he pushed open a door at random and entered a large room, which looked to have been a saloon, judging from the faded gilt and crimson wall-paper, a mirror above the fireplace which was surrounded by an ornate gilded frame, now sadly tarnished, and a worn Chippendale sofa with striped upholstery and tasselled cushions. So he sharpened a score of pencils, and after fiddling about and rewriting the last page he had written the previous night, he plunged into work. Athens was heaven on earth, and those who inhabited it knew it was so, and savored it. Life’s hard enough nowadays for an unprotected male. But no matter how you phrase it, the end is the same. 142 < 18 > THE HIGH PRICE OF FAME Michelle became a constant in those weeks, basking in the shame-ridden celebrity that had been created around Lucy.
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