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“Don’t tempt me,” she said, laughing, and drawing her opera-cloak together. I’m not Gerald, remember. “What makes you ask such a question, Vee?” she said. For a moment, Kneebone had hesitated about giving the signal to Shotbolt, but,
thinking a more favourable opportunity might occur, he determined not to hazard
matters by undue precipitation. ‘Parbleu,’ she uttered indignantly. ‘But for my dowry, what else? One cannot
expect that an Englishman will marry any jeune demoiselle without a dowry. The atmosphere was
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strained and deathly quiet at the dining room table. ’
She sipped at the liquid in her glass, but her eyes remained fixed, rather
unnervingly, on Gerald.
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