For a time Ann Veronica’s attention was diverted by her aunt’s interest in the salted almonds. Out of sight of that tell-tale window, the two officers darted across the grounds, speedily gaining the lee of the mansion walls. ‘It is nothing at all of the kind. ‘What do you mean to do with her?’ ‘Just keep her talking, that’s all,’ Gerald said quickly. ” CHAPTER THE TWELFTH ANN VERONICA PUTS THINGS IN ORDER Part 1 Ann Veronica made a strenuous attempt to carry out her good resolutions. "You are the son of Sir Montacute Trenchard, of Ashton-Hall, near Manchester. Ye gods! what a wilderness it is! Every one trying to get the better of every one, every one regardless of every one—it’s one of those days when every one bumps against you—every one pouring coal smoke into the air and making confusion worse confounded, motor omnibuses clattering and smelling, a horse down in the Tottenham Court Road, an old woman at the corner coughing dreadfully—all the painful sights of a great city, and here you come into it to take your chances. Eight per cent. One has to be so careful. Those whom he retained about his person, or placed in offices of trust, were for the most part convicted felons, who, having returned from transportation before their term had expired, constituted, in his opinion, the safest agents, inasmuch as they could neither be legal evidences against him, nor withhold any portion of the spoil of which he chose to deprive them.
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