‘I suppose you think I can’t manage it myself,’ had complained Captain
Roding sarcastically. Satisfied with his scrutiny, he
produced a pocket-flask, and taking off the silver cup with which it was
mounted, filled it with the contents of the flask, and then seizing the thin arm of
the sleeper, rudely shook it. She nodded. When Capes glanced up at them for a moment,
Manning seemed to be holding his arms all about her, and there was nothing but
quiet acquiescence in her bearing. He went on with intense urgency. She saw herself begin a slow, sinuous
dance: and stop suddenly in the middle of a figure, conscious that the dance was
not impromptu, her own, but native—the same dance she had quitted but a few
minutes gone. He seemed to do ten things before she could think to do one, to leap upon her
and take possession. like rabies. You know nothing of life, nothing of its dangers, nothing of its possibilities. Sebastian was physically beautiful, she reflected. ”
“I am very glad,” he answered, in a low tone. And now she comprehended that the man (she had never known him
by any name) knew she had surprised the look and had not resented it. Later, when they returned home, she would serve
as the topic of many conversations.
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