" "Don't be too sure of that," rejoined Kneebone, snatching up the staff, and aiming a blow at his head, which was fortunately warded off by Mrs. Oh dear!—oh dear! Be careful of him," she added to her husband, "and get it over quickly, or never expect to see me again. "Ruth?" "Hoddy!" she cried. Unobserved, she knelt and kissed the threshold: for she knew what kisses were now. Sensing his discomfort, she stood up and brushed lint off of the hem of her gray miniskirt. Presently her aunt sighed deeply and looked at the clock. She found herself asking more and more curiously, “Why, on the principle of the survival of the fittest, have I any sense of beauty at all?” That enabled her to go on thinking about beauty when it seemed to her right that she should be thinking about biology. Kneebone, then, sat down to await the arrival of his expected guest. ‘Gérard!’ Before she could react to this new menace, the captain spun round. “What a hideous repertoire! If you are in earnest about wanting to earn money, why on earth don’t you accept an engagement here?” “An engagement?” she queried. ’ ‘Did I so?’ Gerald said, amused. Something has happened to change her marvellously, either that, or she wilfully deceived me and every one else in those days as to her real self. They went down the great staircase of the building, and, while she sought in her mind for a beginning, he broke into appreciation of her simple dress and selfcongratulations upon their engagement. She thought of them as fools, but had been sorry to see them go.
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