I came to beg you instead to do
me the honour of becoming my wife. ‘And
she’s—’ She broke off, a sudden light in her eyes. The little matter of an accent may be misleading, I grant you, but
—’
He was interrupted, and with impatience. The day was so darkly overcast that she had to turn on
the small white porcelain lamp that sat upon the makeup
crowded vanity. I am ready to wait for you, to
wait your pleasure, to give all my life to winning it. One never
knew when it would be necessary to resume her disguise. Through yet another doorway she observed an ancient silk brocade loom. “There’s another instinct, too,” he went on, “in a state of suppression, unless
I’m very much mistaken; a child-expelling instinct. She had thought that all Morningside Park
householders came home before seven at the latest, as her father usually did. She
was curious, and at the same time clearly resolved she must not hear it. She had asked about that already, and her father had replied, evasively: “We’ll
have to see about that, little Vee; we’ll have to see about that. It’s a thing
I’ve unaccountably overlooked. He is not in a state of mind to bear it. I've seen
many a clever cracksman, but never one like him.
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