At length the task was done, and she jabbed the needle into a cushion, folded the coat, and rose. The nuns had no regard for the sensibilities of a “lady” and expected Melusine— for it was her allotted task—to clean and tend the soldier’s wounds even when they festered. The picture in her mind altered and she saw again the way Gerald had looked with consternation upon the bruises he had inflicted on her wrist. Perhaps he had lost his loved ones and was wandering over the world seeking forgetfulness. You seemed, he thought, to have some grievance which you would not explain and which he thought must arise from a misunderstanding. She was at the end of girlhood and on the eve of a woman’s crowning experience. One side of the face was white with foamy lather and the other ruddy-cheeked and blue-jawed. Most subjects of any depth were taboo between them, especially when they were in his convertible. He stopped on the curb-stone, not facing her but as if he was on his way to cross the road, and spoke to her suddenly over his shoulder. The lady whose husband had been Mayor of Hartlepool looked at Anna and sniffed. The gardens were tidy and geometric, each avenue with a different purpose: flowers for cutting, herbs, brightly colored vegetables. Lucy sat in back of Jane Lenihan, who never spoke to her. While the strife raged between the principals, the watermen in the larger wherry were occupied in stemming the force of the torrent, and endeavouring to keep the boats, they had lashed together, stationary.
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