"
"He's let out for a few hours," laughed Kneebone; "but he's going back again
after supper. He saw himself retreating from barricade to barricade, Ruth
always advancing, perfectly oblivious of the terror she inspired. I’ll buzz
him for you. Ann Veronica was not aware of this literary side of her teacher; she had a little
tinge of annoyance at Miss Garvice’s advantage. ‘Who’d believe me? And I’d have
to tell my part in it all, too. "I took you for one who wouldn't hesitate to avail himself of any advantage
chance might throw in his way," returned the thief-taker, coldly. She was a swan
among geese, trying to look plain and dowdy. He had often read about it, and once he had incorporated
it in a story, that invisible force which sent men to prison and to the gallows,
when a tongue controlled would have meant liberty indefinite. Guiding this man of hers over the troubled sea of life had engraved
these lines. "Your enemy!" she returned imperfectly comprehending him. The doctor's lessons, perhaps delivered with too much serious
emphasis, had destroyed that buoyant confidence in her ability to take care of
herself. "I'm a detective; my ears and eyes have been trained to absorb
all I see and all I hear. She had never dreamed
of such decadence, never imagined that young people
could be so happy and healthy. Jesus! They just wouldn’t let up about you after
you played the violin for them. "
"Ah! Now I can get a perspective.
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