Ian Hay, Paid In Full — Chapter 16 (1925)
“ Uncle Tony sat up, and knocked the ashes out of his pipe.‘That’s the word, Joan,’ he said—‘tragic! There’s a black spirit of tragedy hovering over this little backwater of ours: one can almost hear its ghostly wings rustling. In these surroundings the whole thing seems ludicrous. We row, we picnic, we frivol; we haven’t a care in the world! But the Spirit is there, waiting to pounce. ”
Ian Hay, Paid In Full — Chapter 16 (1925)
“ Then Joan spoke again.‘Uncle Tony, there is something queer going on at home; I can feel it whenever Captain Conway comes into the house. He has some influence over Mother. It may be love; it may be fear; but she does whatever he tells her. She doesn’t seem to want to see him, yet she does see him. He’s in and out of the place all day long. ”
Ian Hay, Paid In Full — Chapter 16 (1925)
“ Joan, we must exorcise that Spirit.’‘But how? Surely Mother, of all people, can’t have done anything that this man could use against her?’‘I am quite sure she hasn’t. But perhaps some one else has.’‘Who?’‘That remains to be seen. It is not always for our own actions that we have to suffer. But I’ll talk to your mother.’‘I wish you would. Now we must get home to dinner, or there’ll be a yowl from the boys.’Joan took the pole and began to propel the punt downstream with her long easy swing.‘I imagine Captain Conway will also be present at the meal,’ said Sir Anthony. ”
