He was draining a glass, and as he set it down he shuddered. “We’ve all been mixing our ideas, and we’ve got intellectual hot coppers— every blessed one of us. Both Ruth and McClintock came down to the launch to wish him God-speed and good luck. Ann Veronica, after a last survey of the dinner appointments, followed him, rustling, came to his side by the high brass fender, and touched two or three ornaments on the mantel above the cheerful fireplace. You may enjoy your pride, your arrogance—in a coffin. Chapter XX ANNA’S SURRENDER “This is indeed a gala night,” said Ennison, raising his glass, and watching for a moment the golden bubbles. ” Two young men on their way down the room came suddenly to a standstill before Anna. Supposing that was it; at least, a solution to part of this amazing riddle? Supposing her father had made her assist him in the care of the derelicts solely to fill her with loathing and abhorrence for mankind? "Didn't you despise the men your father brought home—the beachcombers?" "No. She shrank from him as he gripped her hand more forcibly. He walked in her direction. ’ Gerald was relieved to hear the loud guffaw issuing from the old man’s lips. “Further than that, I am amazed that you should dare to allude to those few moments, to that single moment of folly. " Animated by this trifling success, he proceeded with fresh ardour, and the rapidity of his progress was proclaimed by the heap of bricks, stones, and mortar which before long covered the floor. In addition to my public salary I have a certain private property and further expectations through my aunt, so that I can offer you a life of wide and generous refinement, travel, books, discussion, and easy relations with a circle of clever and brilliant and thoughtful people with whom my literary work has brought me into contact, and of which, seeing me only as you have done alone in Morningside Park, you can have no idea.
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