He
had had five children at irregular intervals, of whom Ann Veronica was the
youngest, so that as a parent he came to her perhaps a little practised and jaded
and inattentive; and he called her his “little Vee,” and patted her unexpectedly
and disconcertingly, and treated her promiscuously as of any age between eleven
and eight-and-twenty. ”
Part 11
They sat for a time without speaking a word, in an enormous shining globe of
mutual satisfaction. "This alters the case materially. “You will be so good as to leave us your correct name and address,
mademoiselle,” he said curtly. ”
“But how did they prove it?”
“By science,” said Miss Miniver, and hurried on, putting out a rhetorical hand
that showed a slash of finger through its glove. \" he replied, though it was obvious that he
was lying. My feelings overpower
me. "You mean you were just sorry for
him?"
"As I would be for any human being in pain. She was trying to adjust the wimple, dragging at it
and fighting with her loosened hair. For the first time, perhaps, in his life, he repented of his brutality. "
Figg turned aside to hide the tears that started to his eyes,—for the stout prizefighter, with a man's courage, had a woman's heart,—and the procession again
set forward. Some day, when the rewards of literature permit the arduous research
required, the Campaign of the Women will find its Carlyle, and the particulars of
that marvellous series of exploits by which Miss Brett and her colleagues nagged
the whole Western world into the discussion of women’s position become the
material for the most delightful and amazing descriptions. ’
‘Indeed?’ said Gerald, surprised. She fought him at first, screaming at him, but he did not
relent. One Friday afternoon, in this pleasant month, it chanced that Mr.
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