There were cakes and sandwiches—for Ennison a sort of Elysian feast, long
to be remembered. What more could any reasonable man—
especially a watchman—desire? Besides, the Marquis, is a devilish fine fellow,
and a particular friend of mine. We have known men who have come here for no other
purpose than to prove their unassailable virtue, who have strode into the arena of
temptation, waving the—the what is it—the white flower of a blameless life,
only to exchange it with marvellous facility for the violets of the Parisienne. The very facts that Miss Miniver never stated an argument clearly, that she
was never embarrassed by a sense of self-contradiction, and had little more
respect for consistency of statement than a washerwoman has for wisps of vapor,
which made Ann Veronica critical and hostile at their first encounter in
Morningside Park, became at last with constant association the secret of Miss
Miniver’s growing influence. She tried to think how people get work. ’
‘You saw? Where were you? How did you see?’
‘Your heroic milice are not as clever as they thought. 1. I wanted something alive. ”
“What else,” Lady Lescelles murmured, “are men for?”
Anna laughed. "My demeanour ought to convince you that I came with no hostile
intention. Between him and the
beach stood the sum of six hundred dollars. Not even, it
seemed, this interfering monsieur le major. ”
Ennison shrugged his shoulders. .
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