"
"It's mine, I'll be sworn," rejoined Wood. “I wonder what he takes me for?”
When presently she got down from the stile a certain note of internal conflict,
a touch of doubt, had gone from her warm-tinted face. I often wonder why the young always take us ancients for nambypamby creatures. "
"What!" she exclaimed, staring eagerly in his face. "Because it's not like you," was her answer. ”
The man nodded. ”
So they went this time to the Rococo, in Germain Street, and up-stairs to a
landing upon which stood a bald-headed waiter with whiskers like a French
admiral and discretion beyond all limits in his manner. Nicholas had not dared to tell his
father about the Valade girl. ‘Thank you,’ she said, leaning heavily on his arm for a moment. Here was an experienced man of the
world, her friend, who evidently took a great interest in this supreme topic and
was willing to give her the benefit of his experiences! Why should not she be at
her ease with him? Why should not she know things? It is hard enough anyhow
for a human being to learn, she decided, but it is a dozen times more difficult
than it need be because of all this locking of the lips and thoughts. Trodger was lying in wait at the bottom of the narrow stairs.
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