” Michelle squinted conspiratorially. ’
‘I dare say you do,’ said the general, grim satisfaction overtaking his anger as
his prophesy proved accurate. The stretch
of red dirt disappeared into a stretch of trees like Van
Gogh’s painting. “My name,” Anna replied calmly, “is certainly Pellissier, but I repeat that I do
not know you. ”
Anna had reached the house where she lodged, but she hesitated on the doorstep. The hills surrounded her cave
home protectively. The clever hostess having let fall that
several distinguished guests from France would be present, the world had
flocked to her doors to catch, like the gossip-hungry vultures they were, a
glimpse of them. One OUGHT to want to please her. “A thick-set, coarse-looking young man, Anna!” she exclaimed in a hoarse
excited whisper. ”
Her elation teetered in mid-air for a second, then
began to flutter down around her like a badly-built house
of cards. And she had been
doubting since that walk in the Zoological Gardens whether, indeed, he did
simply care for her. “It spreads
like wildfire. A sarcastic smile seemed to play upon the chief-taker's
lips; and abashed at his own irresolution, the lad went on. "Try!"
Enraged at the assurance of his mistress, the woollen-draper endeavoured to
carry his threat into execution, but all his efforts to remove her were unavailing.
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