"He said, by way of comfort, I suppose, after the fright he gave me at first, that the child would find a friend within twenty-four hours, who would stand by him through life. Her hair once more was arranged with its old simplicity. I wrenched this off, and in an envelope addressed to me in faded ink, I found the locket and the pearls. Thames Darrell, I've said, is at Mr. "But to drag this innocent child into the muck! With her head full of book nonsense—love stories and fairy stories! Have you any idea of the tragedy she is bound to stumble upon some day? I don't care about you. When he comes he will do that raid of the pantechnicons the justice it deserves; he will picture the orderly evening scene about the Imperial Legislature in convincing detail, the coming and going of cabs and motor-cabs and broughams through the chill, damp evening into New Palace Yard, the reinforced but untroubled and unsuspecting police about the entries of those great buildings whose square and panelled Victorian Gothic streams up from the glare of the lamps into the murkiness of the night; Big Ben shining overhead, an unassailable beacon, and the incidental traffic of Westminster, cabs, carts, and glowing omnibuses going to and from the bridge. Annabel passed on with a strained nod to her sister, and Sir John’s bow was a miracle of icy displeasure. She was glad when he went on: “I want to be your city of refuge from every sort of bother. He's here," returned the skipper, pointing significantly downwards. "I'm a peace-officer," he added, "about to arrest a notorious criminal. Her lips were dry and cracked. I was already established as Physician when your wedding day arrived. Her voice was weak and flat.
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