From all angles he was at a disadvantage—in weight, skill, endurance. ’ To Gerald’s relief, the entrance of the butler interrupted them, relieving him of the necessity to explain himself. Anna stepped back at once with a little gasp of relief. Messengers were despatched to all the constables and head-boroughs to be in attendance,—to the sheriffs to have an extraordinary number of their officers in attendance,—and to the Savoy, to obtain the escort of a troop of grenadierguards. We do not remember to have met with a single individual, reported to be under petticoat government, who was not content with his lot,—nay, who so far from repining, did not exult in his servitude; and we see no way of accounting for this apparently inexplicable conduct—for which, among other phenomena of married life, various reasons have been assigned, though none entirely satisfactory to us—except upon the ground that these domineering dames possess some charm sufficiently strong to counteract the irritating effect of their tempers; some secret and attractive quality of which the world at large is in ignorance, and with which their husbands alone can be supposed to be acquainted. “That’s suicidal bullshit, Lucy. The operation was effected with so much rapidity and so little noise, that even if any one had been on the alert, he could scarcely have detected it. All the furniture was moved, all the meals were disarranged, and everybody, Ann Veronica included, appeared in new, bright costumes. ’ Much to Melusine’s chagrin, Gerald folded his arms and leaned back, as if wholly at his ease. To be sure, Ruth had dimly been aware of this; but now for the first time she was made painfully conscious of it. His father and mother were a lawyer and a doctor, respectively.
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