" Thames was about to follow, when he felt a gentle grasp upon his arm. She had a vision of policemen, reproving magistrates, a crowded court, public disgrace. The place was pockmarked with window-like holes everywhere—people were always 138 falling into them and breaking bones--it was for these lookouts why she had chosen it. Something in her lack of embarrassment irritated him. Whenever McClintock had guests, he loafed with them on the west veranda in the morning. It was equally as beautiful but not quite so fine as the daughter's. The inherent conscience keeps most of us away from jail, from court, from the gallows; the acquired conscience helps us to preserve the little amenities of daily life. Now, however, as Gerald watched them, their heads were together and they were murmuring in French. I'm one of those unfortunate duffers who have too much imagination—the kind who build their own chimeras and then run away from them. Fool that I was to marry for beauty! I ought to have remembered that a fair woman and a slashed gown always find some nail in the way. That’s all. Under another name,—not my own hateful one,—I will strive to distinguish myself in some foreign service, and win myself a reputation, or perish honourably. A sense of loss was amongst us.
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