She longed to enjoy human food as he did. He advanced a step towards her. Faintly bothered by what it might mean, Gerald rose from his seat and crossed to the tray to pour himself a glass of wine. “You promised faithfully to be there,” he said slowly. He stood back, smiling with an air of proprietorship, and looking about him at the business-like equipment of the room. Unless he has killed someone. ‘And what the devil do you mean by demanding that I wait on you here? D’you think I haven’t enough to do handling that caper-witted female’s affairs, without dancing attendance on you?’ ‘Don’t be cross,’ begged Lucilla, much to Melusine’s disgust. “Why should women be dependent on men?” she asked; and the question was at once converted into a system of variations upon the theme of “Why are things as they are?”—“Why are human beings viviparous?”—“Why are people hungry thrice a day?”—“Why does one faint at danger?” She stood for a time looking at the dry limbs and still human face of that desiccated unwrapped mummy from the very beginnings of social life. You are NOT going to that ball!” Ann Veronica tried a less genial, more dignified note.
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