Gerald, whose French was adequate from his military service abroad, was able
to respond suitably to such remarks as the ladies addressed to him, but was less
exercised by their fashionable dress than their decidedly careworn appearance. ’
‘They wear a uniform, do they not? They march and fight with swords and
shoot with guns, no?’
‘Well, yes,
miss. Then he rallied, smiling a little. “You could have a talk to Miss Kitty Brett this afternoon, if you liked. The roof was partially
untiled; the chimneys were tottering; the side-walls bulged, and were supported
by a piece of timber propped against the opposite house; the glass in most of the
windows was broken, and its place supplied with paper; while, in some cases,
the very frames of the windows had been destroyed, and the apertures were left
free to the airs of heaven. “I suppose some one makes a bit on the food,” she said. This he
accomplished by holding the chain that connected them firmly between his teeth,
and squeezing his fingers as closely together as possible, succeeded in drawing
his wrists through the manacles.
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