He was alert, well-groomed, and yet—perhaps in contrast with the more volatile French type—there was a suggestion of weight about him, not to say heaviness. "I've got a proposition to make," said O'Higgins. "Enough's as good as a feast. His food lay untouched about his plate. He lowered his voice a little and leaned over towards her. 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. But it was the form of her ruling determination; it was the only form that she ever allowed to see daylight. It’s the poor dears who do, who know they will, know they can’t keep it up, who need to clutch at way-side flowers. The vast heap of rubbish on the floor had been so materially increased by the bricks and plaster thrown down in his attack upon the wall of the Red Room, that it was with some difficulty he could find the blanket which was almost buried beneath the pile. I’ve seen him, and he doesn’t a bit understand. There were mysterious rustlings that made him glance hopefully toward the sea. ’ ‘But you are excessively clever, Jacques,’ cried Melusine, relief flooding her.
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