” He raised his hand, and they saw that he was holding a small revolver. "I am. He saw the flames burst from the windows, and perhaps in that maddening spectacle suffered torture equivalent to some of the crimes he had committed. She could not move. He cupped her small hands in the bowl of his large ones and reassured her in the kindest manner, saying, “You will have the finest life that Florence has to offer. "Thanks," he said, holding out a thin white hand. Why hadn't he gone on with the girl's story? What instinct had stuffed it back into his throat? Why the inexplicable impulse to hurry this rather pathetic derelict on his way? CHAPTER XV Previous to his illness, Spurlock's mind had been tortured by an appalling worry, so that now, in the process of convalescence, it might be compared to a pool which had been violently stirred: there were indications of subsidence, but there were still strange forms swirling on the surface—whims and fancies which in normal times would never have risen above sub-consciousness. The wish was vain: and, endeavouring to banish every earthly thought, he addressed himself deeply and sincerely to prayer. Earles closed the piano with a little bang. But the figure was evidently too intent on peering within the ballroom to pay any attention to what might be occurring outside. There was question in Gerald’s gaze as it met hers, and apology in his voice. "What proof have you of the truth of this story?" inquired Trenchard.
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