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But
now, of course, she would not go. It was true that she could easily
get a boatman from the village on the mainland near by, but without
Gaspare's companionship she would not care to go. So that was settled.
She would think no more about it. She had tea with Vere, and strove
with all her might to be natural, to show no traces in face or manner
of the storm that had swept over her that day. She hoped, she believed
that she was successful. But what a hateful, what an unnatural effort
that was!
A woman who is not at her ease in her own home with her own girl--
where can she be at ease?
It was really the reaction from that effort that sent Hermione from
the island that evening. She felt as if she could not face another
meal with Vere just then. She felt transparent, as if Vere's eyes
would be able to see all that she must hide if they were together in
the evening. And she resolved to go away. She made some excuse--that
she wished for a little change, that she was fidgety and felt the
confinement of the island.


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