It became a sort of duel at last between them, and all the
others sat and listened—every one, that is, except the Alderman, who had got the
blond young man into a corner by the green-stained dresser with the aluminum
things, and was sitting with his back to every one else, holding one hand over his
mouth for greater privacy, and telling him, with an accent of confidential
admission, in whispers of the chronic struggle between the natural modesty and
general inoffensiveness of the Borough Council and the social evil in
Marylebone. He saw that his words were falling upon dull ears. “Oh, we are also under the spell,” he declared, “but I think that we are here
mainly because it is cheap. You know—I wish I could roll my little body up small and squeeze it into your
hand and grip your fingers upon it. "I shall behold the shameless hussy, face to face;
and, if I find her as good-looking as she's represented, I don't know what I'll do
in the end; but I'll begin by scratching her eyes out. He carries with him something that will
mark him anywhere—the girl. ”
“It’s an unrest—a longing—What’s that?” The waiter had intervened.
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