The girl and the guardsman . e drew himself up, his fingersclutching a corner of the nearby desk.* Did you come here to tell me Iwas a fool to be It isan extraordinary mark of considera-tion. A man is a great fool to bedisappointed. O Edwin! you are disappoint-ing me. 123 THE GIRL &- THE GUARDSMAN ** Perhaps I am, he returned, witha bitter inflection. Perhaps I wontdo myself any credit as I am see — some things that I havegone through with have unsteadied mea little, made it hard for me to takedisappointment in a light, easy is a pity. But it cant make anydifferen
The girl and the guardsman . e drew himself up, his fingersclutching a corner of the nearby desk.* Did you come here to tell me Iwas a fool to be It isan extraordinary mark of considera-tion. A man is a great fool to bedisappointed. O Edwin! you are disappoint-ing me. 123 THE GIRL &- THE GUARDSMAN ** Perhaps I am, he returned, witha bitter inflection. Perhaps I wontdo myself any credit as I am see — some things that I havegone through with have unsteadied mea little, made it hard for me to takedisappointment in a light, easy is a pity. But it cant make anydifference to you. You are foolish toconcern yourself over so small amatter. So small a matter ? She looked at him in despair, draw-ing back until she stood again by thedoor. And this was Barton — Bar-ton, her lover, dwindling from hisheroic lines because she, believinghim dead, had listened to his this offence, these insults. * So small a matter, repeated Bar-ton in a hard tone, his lip quivering. 124 \ Jy^ *li r. Ihil s/.h bail passedchnvii the stair. THE GIRL &- THE GUARDSMAN And this was Edith Lynwood, thegirl who had seemed to love himbefore all the world, yet who wasnot content to let him suffer undis-turbed from the steady, unmitigatedblow she had inflicted the day before. Pardon me ! he blurted, Imight have offered you a chair afterthis climb. She wished to speak again, but shewas choking. As for Barton, the room swamabout him and there was a loud noisein his ears. When she went out suddenly, with-out another word, he faltered as ifto follow her, and stumbled like awounded man. He got to his feetagain and sprang to the door. But she had passed down the stair. 125
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