Never again to be alone! To fit herself into this
man's life as a hand into a glove; to use all her skill to force him into the position
of depending upon her utterly; to be the spark to the divine fire! He should have
his book, even if it had to be written with her heart's blood. A shy virgin bride would not press her
thigh sinuously against his, nor consent indeed to this clandestine little comedy
he had been playing. I ought to have seen—”
“It doesn’t matter a rap—if you’re not disposed to resent the—the way I
behaved. I can see the
whole thing was just a set-up for sequels, though. ’
‘You, perhaps?’ she flung at him furiously, stepping out from behind the desk. He beamed as she whispered to
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him that she had seen a table so fine or tasted such
wonders. The
hymnal lyrics had never stirred her; she had memorized and sung them parrotwise. The service had not proceeded far, when she was greatly disturbed by the
entrance of a person who placed himself opposite her, and sought to attract her
attention by a number of little arts, surveying her, as he did so, with a very
impudent and offensive stare. “Annabel Pellissier is known to
most of us. Ann Veronica was one of the
few young people—and one must have young people just as one must have
flowers—one could ask to a little gathering without the risk of a painful discord. You have no grasp upon the essential facts of life (I pray God
you never may), and in your rash ignorance you are prepared to dash into
positions that may end in lifelong regret.
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