He had not been successful as the world counted success; the fat bank-account, the filled waiting room of which he had once dreamed, had never materialized except in the smoke of his evening pipe. "And when I further tell you," continued Jack, "that, after yourself and my mother, I am the next heir to the estates of my grandfather, Sir Montacute Trenchard, you will perhaps own that my caution is sufficiently disinterested. The person, shortly afterwards ushered into the room, seemed by the imperfect light,—for the evening was advancing, and the chamber darkened by heavy drapery,—to be a middle-sized middle-aged man, of rather vulgar appearance, but with a very shrewd aspect. As he crossed the cellar, he passed so near to Jack who had concealed himself behind a piece of furniture that he almost touched him. He seemed to be about to move toward her. . Without a word, the general reached out and took them, but his glance searched the girl’s face. His science was a shared secret between them and she felt special to be trusted with them. He looked at his port wine as though that tawny ruby contained the solution of the matter. ‘But Gérard—if you mean the fellow Alderley who was making eyes at Yolande—is not here. Shamefaced curiosities began to come back into her mind, thinly disguised as literature and art.
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