Nevertheless, relief washed over
her, her body rejoicing in the afterglow of twenty years of
tension released. She made a slow tour of the front of the house without
success, and then started back along the rooms behind, dragging open the drapes
each time to get just enough light to recognise what was on the walls. Jack now carefully closed the shutters, while Blueskin struck a light, with which
he set fire to a candle. She was informed by Ah Cum that the Chinaman
was one of the literati and that he was expounding the deathless philosophy of
Confucius, which, summed up, signified that the end of all philosophy is
Nothing. They struck her as cold and
indifferent. . "
"Wear that to-night, then. Even her
memories of he who had frequented her life for the
longest period of years were worn and fading. "
"What do you mean?" asked the female, in astonishment.
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