ss. They push on and on under the
protection of secrecy and silence, and the greater the obscurity
of what they wish to explore the greater their courage."
"Do you mean seriously to tell me that you consider me a creature
of darkness?"
"I spoke in general," remonstrated d'Alcacer. "Anything else
would have been an impertinence. Yes, obscurity is women's best
friend. Their daring loves it; but a sudden flash of light
disconcerts them. Generally speaking, if they don't get exactly
at the truth they always manage to come pretty near to it."
Mrs. Travers had listened with silent attention and she allowed
the silence to continue for some time after d'Alcacer had ceased.
When she spoke it was to say in an unconcerned tone that as to
this subject she had had special opportunities. Her
self-possessed interlocutor managed to repress a movement of real
curiosity under an assumption of conventional interest. "Indeed,"
he exclaimed, politely. "A special opportunity. How did you
manage to create it?"
This was too much for Mrs. Travers. "I! Create it!" she
exclaimed, indignantly, but under her breath. "How on earth do
you think I could have done it?"
Mr. d'Alcacer, as if communing with himself, was heard to murmur
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