Wells
“The art of ignoring is one of the accomplishments of every
well-bred girl, so carefully instilled that at last she can
even ignore her own thoughts and her own knowledge. His frame was wasted,
and slightly bent; his eyes were hollow, his complexion haggard, and his beard,
which had remained unshorn during his hasty journey, was perfectly white. Nor, he would wager, had the heroic Monsieur Valade, who had rescued
her from that life and brought her to England, taught her in that short time all
that Gerald was certain she knew of men. Earles drew out his cheque book. Shall we say at half-past seven?”
She rose from her chair. Chapter XVI
THE DISCOMFITURE OF SIR JOHN
Sir John looked from one to the other of the two sisters. "Oh gracious! he's lost. “Sure, but it’s not like you’re married, you know. Through all
he said ran one quality that pleased her—the quality of a man who feels that
things can be done, that one need not wait for the world to push one before one
moved. I’ve got a lot of things to think about. Wild, and his uncle, Sir
Rowland Trenchard. I was born on an
island in the South Seas.
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