” Her elation teetered in mid-air for a second, then began to flutter down around her like a badly-built house of cards. She held out her hand for it, but Gerald smiled. . And then, there would be the question of money. Even the most sullen and withdrawn were sensitive to the penetrating nastiness of the fog. “I wonder,” said Ann Veronica at last, “if I am beautiful? I wonder if I shall ever shine like a light, like a translucent goddess?— “I wonder— “I suppose girls and women have prayed for this, have come to this—In Babylon, in Nineveh. If you recall, Gianfrancesco’s second cousin had been ransomed by a family they had feuded with for hundreds of years. Meantime, the Stone Hall was crowded by all the inmates of the jail, debtors, felons, turnkeys, and officers who could obtain permission to witness the ceremony of the prisoner's irons being struck off. She walked over to them still carrying the trousers in her hands, and stooped to examine them. ‘And why not?’ ‘Because,’ Gerald said matter of factly, ‘convent-bred jeune demoiselles do not commonly know how to handle either pistols or daggers. Thought she was a nun at first. “I don’t care,” said Ann Veronica.
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