Show 7 V lot V q 4 az is 44 iad agu copy rightly LITTLE BROWN DRowN and CO TAKE mel fiebing from a brutal stepfather at ep father an unhappy homo home and a proposed propose 4 lius husband band myrelle Myr obe 19 detests younk young french girl stands in a country road on tile the verge of desperation calud by an exploded tire eire two young englishmen Engli lord gerald dombe y and nd christopher dent bent are ara att attracted vacated by the girls distracted appearance CHAPTER II 11 continued 2 1 I 1 have never been there monsieur tilie lie ansi answered vered with tier lier eyes fixed aion gerald night utter after night alien hea roy my work la Is done I 1 come tier tad ind ivabell I 1 watch the road fond j just where it au elvay away but I 1 have novel never traveled I 1 long it I 1 have never ben been further thim than the first arst village down 1 in tle hollow 10 1 gerald cattle came a step nearer to her ho leanell leaned against the gate post ills III tone one A and i nd manner became unconsciously I 1 caf caressing essing jt it yas was generally so rb when lie spoke wit I 1 women YOU tire are in trouble ma mademoiselle demol sell e 1 he be said sometimes a stranger may help she looked down the rond road toward towar 1 I here tile lie automobile was jacked up tit yes slie site admitted PI 1 I am in great rouble no one but a stranger could help me because be cautle I 1 have no friends be brave then and speak sheuk on orald gerald enjoined there had bad been no previous time in or life when myrelle lind bad been re I 1 dred to marshal tier thoughts ithol peak unaccustomed words yet at hat moni moment ent clearly and unfalteringly slie site told tier her story site she pointed tl 0 o the weather stained cottage behind 1 I 1 live there slie she said with three luk alf brothers and isra easters teis and a 0 stepfather fo father my mother was tile the village boul mistress slie site married for the wild cond time a bad man and a rid site she died have hare taken care of those children have kept tile house clean and tidy have done what 6 the e cure told we me as my duty and all the time I 1 have bave td abed it it why christopher asked simply she looked across no as though sur eur alsed at his intervention 0 because Bec the children are coarse ftc d greedy and ill she ex allied 1 I wear vear myself wit out trying to ite ae them differ different ert but it js Is uses 1 it Is in their blood bloody because my vather s worse worine otten often tic he drinks D much brandy lie Is quarrelsome 0 la Is never liever mad kind there Is not on one e tit lox JOY in life only when mien I 1 escape e I 1 little ittle vale time and c ome come here and e y k down donn tile tie rond which lends leads to berth y find and wonder what may lie ale at e other side of the hills the there re you 1 I 1 have read books many books bonks bother and father were both well rated I 1 know and feet feel that tile the lam am leading is terrible there ere is ig some something thing beyond all il gerald silta there la Is some come p 9 or of 1118 latent tant trouble in your face for a moment she was lh eln a white dumb thing stricken elc e with horror it was that ach 11 which had surprised the th e tw bior cr breath arenth she as sipke choked ted with unuttered sobs I 1 ste bio hi ought tight home hom from liae ge to tout llight Klit the widow ay 1 ile e Is to tn her morry bobring art 9 to 1 the e farin lie he brought too I 1 Lesch fillip the keeper of tile lie Ilor horrible I horrible I 1 Lesch alups gerald mury q softly go 0 on 0 or arl opened her lier lips but the A lo 10 il to balck k in tier throat perhaps per hups tu to he e asked evilie quick under M at villa erred in the ties of aher hei ye h ail 51 arted bol rinks akl yi t A F wd di 0 10 alre bleur n 0 o Z a g 4 poin y mx awoki r eds r ac y k P awa atice ce n 0 r i ter e Q ds gt t ia tilt wt f s 4 we wa ile I 1 de illie i i lys a it md 19 aj out of ight glit there wy rey mity borrow lie midi it 1111 ile 0 and I 1 as 1 take tue lue yov yo t M 1 I ro 1 s somewhere i 44 hide hi 1 aly up ato to where 10 talt aig C gerald cerald erald did not bh hac I 1 it Ino inocent ment ile e stepped daca h k tj med V fit the driving diving w wheel heel to ad 0 1 he the seat at by lila ills side 1 ye we I will seurt 1 l oie me how aro lou ou A red t 1 1 1 ou OK off on oil tho are at t beeme to W az as 0 be h nothing corneal wora lri y tore store lor for you iou than what yet iou leave kuve behind alio 1 open the gate an and spi sprang 1119 into tit the cur car like n thing gerald turned his head bead arom 1 1 I lie corner of tho forin three un unsteady stell thell Nelves throe three voices two anut mucous ous and one shrill culled called for myrtile MM tit were threats thron ls gesticulations the gill cowered ly by Cio raldy alde start I 1 site she implored sturt start please I 1 achl copher however how hesitated 1 I think lie ile mild guld we should first hear what these people bae to say they have hao after till nil some claim upon tile the girl gill it might be possible to did tier lier without bringing tier lier away fruin home myrtile clung ching to gerald iler her eyes vi cs I 1 were vere shimming pools of plis ill to entreaty start monsieur silo alio pleaded there Is r lillig for tile ino hut but escape why does tit tin other gentl eamil mind get tit in theres it rood good fellow gk nad begged impatiently wo ive 1 dont I ont vant to have bave it a row with alth these yo ikek the chauffeur ans in tile the dickey behind Myrtll Myrtl leq cs eyes implored christopher to take tile the place by I 1 liar ter F ride ide ills his feet still i on tile the ro rond ad however lie leaned across tier her to ger aid gerald 11 lie he said this Is 19 n more mole mol e serious Fe ferlon rlou affair than you seem to think tit 1111 who is going to look after tile cilli child I 1 lian alien we c pet get to monte carlo you can call if you like was uis tile the careless reply im not thinking of play hig the Lot lothario harlo if that Is what you yell neon menn word vord of lionor honor word vord of lionor honor dont he be nn an ass old chap its up 16 to us to give ghe tile girl a chonce Christo christopher stripped off tits his cort coet und ind wrapped it around myrdia then IV I 1 I 1 F I 1 IR d 14 les z ji i 1 I speak a attle english I 1 under U ader stand very well lie be took the place ly by tier hr alde gerald sillies in the lie clutch and they glided gilded off the twilight overtook them swiftly tile the lights of minic carlo fis RS they commenced the long it P spent were like pin pricks of fire thrust through n deep mile blue carpet myrelle Myr whose evvs es had been fixed upon the flying milestones benned forward now with ill it little ex or of wonder it ts Is fairyland 1 alio sh 3 cried jerald looked down tit nl tier her indulgently you live so near und and you have bave never been evin as far au a tills he disked it Is ris ns I 1 hava told you F she it nn an 1 I have never traveled ten kilometers from the farm in my life christopher was almost incredulous gerald however nodded s sympathetically iloth both young voting men tail had taken it for granted from tile the first that their charam understood inder tood stood PO angll nl lh ah in feanie they UN lire like that ger cr tild remarked it it 18 tilt that count hut but tills this child asli t slie bile ing christopher lx alx elit for tier clothes clot lies tile re a tiling thing about tier her tant tile bensan pen sant t slie she Is alle a mid madonna tin im ravi an el wilo tills has stolen sto lan into tile clothe cloth q of a girl gone for tier ncr firs I 1 1 I should still II fl c to linow know what MUM you are going t to 0 do with liar when vien we nr riye rive Christ christovale ovIle its iel bluntly her to ill to are aie you going villa leter on perl perlin imps ps was the care loss reply celiney Ce lInly not tills eve aby eliy I 1 not christopher sted kand heartel hp artel it your ybur Ii ulster lifer Is very long ns as we have it the to me ine ns Is hands that she la is the girl on our cul bel fa or er verge berain n I 1 e look after gerald singled dear chrls chris lie ho said you and mary are pals 1 I know but I 1 atu not SUN sine tillit that YOU ion altogether arr she like pg we must vave tile lie way ay iy a little before we ask for tier her help hell 11 myrtile lind hall been looking front from one to the other ot of tier her two to companions with ith n sense or of growing eroding trouble in her eyes cog messieurs she file interrupted it vas mas wrong rong of me ine not nit to toll tell you ou before I 1 speak i l dik it a little english I 1 under understand stanI very ury well ell you tire a most clil child ld gerald looking uon down nt at tier her lit genuine astonishment you lieve been tell kilometers from your our homestead and you on speak a foreign Illig illige I 1 that canles conies of a 11 4 for ft 11 mother I 1 suppose Ho hoech eci hio have no fatir we jve shall dispose of you ou 11 Toi tomorrow Tomor rou site bhe said timidly 1 I can find ork 11 tomorrow iou lie hanged I 1 gerald replied tied look about you ou little one we va nio are entering the town ton if your jour story Is true and we e know that it Is he lidded added hastily oil seo see for the first ehno villas elliis ll liis hotels lioi els the building lit in front or of us its is tile va vasilio sitio now boll soo see the lie lights that fringe the lie buy it Is anin zing I 1 red they alic deew tip nent tit tho side door of tile the hotel acro chero tile two young men illen nvere to sany descended take care of tile child for i a feve ew minutes chris chils he begged 1 I nm am going to interview one of tile house li kwic rs lie ile into the hotel HF arr r tile watched nt lied ills tall slim figure it 1111 it w thiis as lost to sight then the lie f fear car to return site she shivered 1 I ain n trouble double to him bilm slie site fal aced lie V will hute haac mo to for fop it I 1 only niL that you iou sho till drive dilo tile me somewhere libie gioie wileve I 1 could loso lose myself pell ier imps I 1 lind letter better KO go monsieur din can I 1 not slit alln away before lie he returns re turna lie ile would ile be very ery angry if you did christopher assured tier lier lie lias alas gone to arrange for some one to look lifter after you for tile night tomorrow I 1 think you ion will do vell ell if you try to annd some work ork if you ou vish it I 1 will help you iler eyes ees still s devo deemed tired tile door through lillei which lilL li gerold had passed toll tell me tits his ninne she begged ills name christopher replied ig 16 gerald annesley dombey slie site repented ted it after bilm a little 1 I shall think of him as aa gerald she sald it Is a very ory pretty name tell tile me why liy did the chauffeur say sotir ani tord lordship ship I because lecause lie he Is the eldest son of an earl and lie Is entitled to bo be called lord loi d Don dombey ibey i ile he Is noble hen T nm nim not sur bur I 1 I 1 ile he seemed like that to roe me I 1 and ana ou monsieur may I 1 know your I 1 nr frinic inic I 1 my aly anine Is chrystopher bent hit h replied lilain christopher bent Is it very nice rinnie nnnie she sald said with it a trifle of unconscious condescension but of course it Is no not t like ilke gerald Ue I 1 slie she looked longingly back towards tile lie crowded oded ci doorway and the lie young ninn inan who stood by tier her side was aware of a burlous and altogether inexplicable sensation lie ile suddenly found himself envying ending geralds Gerok ls careless but fascinating lanneis man neis s tits ills good looks ills his light debonair ni oriner manner of speech fw 11 yen tills little waif at picked up tip it at the was us already under its ila spell then christopher remember d other tiling about ills friend and ills his face grew stern gerald returned presently present li with a neatly dressed young Avo inai lie he held out tits his horns hands to and assisted tier her to alig alight lit it Is nil all arranged child he announced noun ced annette Is a 0 chambermaid liere here slie sile will talie take you to some borne rooms close nt at liand land where you iu will be milide comfortable Tot tomorrow morning emly early christopher and I 1 will come and see you OU will be entirely well putted pulled the young woman declared it Is but a few burds away Ayr ii still wi appedu in christa tont cont looked a I 1 little as slip rite stood upon the paak by annet bettes res side 1 IT I shall not you yell i nh tonight illien monsieur lord 7 silo sha akai not ot tonight lie he lau glied and gelald gel gei ald n id Is bilte from froin you iu petite tomorrow ve ane will have a iong inn talk caliz no fear yon von shail not return to tile lie favill unless it ts Is conr our islai mi myrdle stooped rind with n suddon gesture rills fil ills his hand linlie to lier it lips ps ailen she dra ged annette orr gerald 1 11 little oar ir ellla hinge ll ni I 1 Is some somewhat what IN he lightly coi crne 1 on cht chils IR A while alle tw taley ull our clothes ive ie tele to t tile lle till vl we ve 1 io I 1 aigy dai dinner there first but bui after ani d I 1 will 1 ow you tile ta lond re ohp alre velem ec ler of alie world have it belr myrtile Is on her way to life out what kind of life Is j she sha to ree cee M tj monte carlote carlo j 10 pa cn |