Out of the Past — page 39: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

36 Out of the Past. nearly opposite the Place des Etats Unis. It was low and white and prettily carved, with a large door opening in the centre upon a hall, long, and somewhat furnished. An old garden could be seen through the glass door at the end of the hall, and several other doors opened upon it at irregular intervals, one of them masking a staircase. As Rose stood in the door-way a tall man stepped aside, looking with interest in her face. It was Robert, bound for rehearsal. Bowing to Benedict, he passed out. Rose was soon settled in her small room at Mme. Blane’s. And with almost equal celerity she secured a few pupils and began an existence new to her. Her days were so busily engaged that at first she did not notice with any uneasiness the absence of her father’s letters. But when three weeks had passed her courage wavered. A sense of impending misfortune grew in her father’s unbroken silence. Although Benedict and Robert saw her rarely, they — both noticed the change that anxiety was working upon her. Benedict had been reprimanded for his hesitation in obeying the orders of his superior, and came one day pre- pared to test the religious opinions of his charge. She seemed weary and listened to his preamble list- GomiGbooksneom