Miss Stanley threw aside a black cloak to reveal a discreet and dignified arrangement of brown silk, and then embraced Ann Veronica with warmth. Jack affected to close the door, but left it slightly ajar. Suddenly she thrust her head out of the window. “We parted— that night the best of friends. "Whatever you like, Hoddy," she agreed, wiping the sweat from her forehead. She owed the nun a great deal, including her command of English, for no one else thought to ensure she could speak her mother tongue. In one angle of the room stood a disused fire-place, with a rusty grate and broken chimney-piece; in the other there was a sort of box, contrived between the wall and the boards, that looked like an apology for a cupboard. ‘Ha!’ uttered Captain Roding triumphantly. I have always understood that men avoid like the plague a woman with a sense of humour.
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