But a little daughter is one thing and a daughter quite another. It occasionally troubled the major that Hilary’s staunch loyalty had led him into hair-raising exploits at Gerald’s side, for he was perfectly aware that Hilary would not have dreamed of deserting him. To preach a fine sermon every Sunday so that he would lose neither the art nor the impulse; and this child, in secret rebellion, taking it down in long hand during odd hours in the week! Preaching grandiloquently before a few score natives who understood little beyond the gestures, for the single purpose of warding off disintegration! It reminded the doctor of a stubborn retreat; from barricade to barricade, grimly fighting to keep the enemy at bay, that insidious enemy of the white man in the South Seas—inertia. The question ceased to be a tea-table talk, and became suddenly tragically real for Ann Veronica. She was going to him soon and certainly, going to his strong, embracing arms. Before the congregation separated, the clergyman descended from the pulpit; and, followed by the coffin-bearers and mourners, and by Jack at a respectful distance, entered the churchyard. You make a game with me, imbecile. “These are her rooms,” she said. There are times when you make me feel a little thing at your feet—a young, silly, protected thing. But don’t run away with the idea that I’m hanging out for a wife at last, because I’m not. " "My poor son!" groaned the widow, sinking backwards. Gosse had to release his clamp on her mouth, for the awkwardness of the position made it impossible to negotiate the little stair.
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