Virginia, for once obliterating herself, perceived how greatly taken they
were with each other. At bottom, nearly every woman is a match-maker. This
one was no exception. She liked both this man and this woman, and her fancy
had already begun to follow her hopes. Never before had Laska appeared to
show much interest in any of the opposite sex with whom her friend had seen
her. Now she was all enthusiasm, had forgotten completely the pain of her
wound in the spirit's glow.
"She loved me for the danger I had pass'd,
And I loved her that she did pity them.
This only is the witchcraft I have us'd.'"
Virginia quoted softly to herself, her eyes on the young woman so finely
unconscious of the emotion that thrilled her.
Not until the clock in the hall below struck two did Yesler remember his
appointment in the Ridgway Building. The doctor had come and was about to
go. He suggested that if Yesler felt it would be safe for him to go, they
might walk across to the hotel together.
"And leave us alone." Laska could have bitten her tongue after the words
were out.
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