CHAPTER I. “How are you?” He asked, realizing she was unnerved by the very sound of his voice. “I had a visit from Sir John in my rooms,” she said. On one side of the handbill a print of the reigning sovereign, Anne, had been pinned over the portrait of William the Third, whose aquiline nose, keen eyes, and luxuriant wig, were just visible above the diadem of the queen. Ruth's arm trembled and her step faltered, but he was too far away in thought to be observant. He never asked questions; he never addressed his companions; and frequently he took off his cap and wiped his forehead. And in these crowded four weeks, what had she learned? That all horizons were lies: that smiles and handshakes and goodbyes and welcomes were lies: that there were really no to-morrows, only a treadmill of to-days: and that out of these lies and mirages she had plucked a bitter truth—she was alone. Certainly as soon as I have found my right place at Remenham House, I must find out everything.
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