Bishop's increasing exactions. He did not realise
this fact, however, but ground his teeth and clung blind-eyed to his
temper whenever the mother cut short his visits or annulled his
engagements on some petty excuse of her own. He could almost
believe these interruptions malicious, were it not that he soon
discovered Mrs. Bishop well disposed toward him personally whenever
he showed himself ready to meet her even quarter way on the topics
that interested her--the church and her health.
In this manner the week passed. Orde saw as much as he could of
Miss Bishop. The remainder of the time he spent walking the streets
and reading in the club rooms to which Gerald's courtesy had given
him access. Gerald himself seemed to be much occupied. Precisely
at eleven every morning, however, he appeared at the gymnasium for
his practice; and in this Orde dropped into the habit of joining
him. When the young men first stripped in each other's presence,
they eyed each other with a secret surprise. Gerald's slender and
elegant body turned out to be smoothly and gracefully muscled on the
long lines of the Flying Mercury. His bones were small, but his
flesh was hard, and his skin healthy with the flow of blood beneath.
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