The Sir Curtis Beaumont, Sahib, and his Lady. They request receiving.’ At the unexpected news that these good friends too had been rescued, Roger and Clarissa’s faces lit up with joy; but after a second, Clarissa’s fell, and she exclaimed in consternation: ‘Oh, Roger! How can we now receive them? They cannot yet know … but, oh, I’ll sink through the floor from shame.’ To her amazement he was still smiling. Suddenly he leapt to his feet, seized her round the waist, threw her up in the air, caught her in a bearlike hug as she came down and cried, ‘Praise be to God! We’re saved! Saved, saved, saved, my dearest dear!’ Then, turning to the servant, ‘Show them in. No one was ever more welcome.’ Before the Beaumonts were half through the doorway, Roger had Sir Curtis by the hand and was wringing it like a pump handle. Lady Beaumont gave Clarissa a somewhat uncertain look; but Clarissa’s face showed no trace of embarrassment, only transparent joy, as she ran towards the older woman; and next moment they were kissing one another most affectionately.
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