’ She saw suspicion darken his gaze. It was immediately opened by a man with light eyelashes and a manner suggestive of restrained passion. With a swirl of her floral chintz petticoats, she placed herself in the capacious window seat, accepted the glass Gerald handed to her, and smiled mischievously up at him. " "Time will show," replied Jack with equal haughtiness. The windows of these rooms were obscured with draperies, their floors a carpet patchwork; the china ornaments on their mantels were of a class apart. ‘Have I not said so?’ ‘No, as it happens.