‘And why not?’
‘Because,’ Gerald said matter of factly, ‘convent-bred jeune demoiselles do
not commonly know how to handle either pistols or daggers. “Don’t be a hypocrite. She was particularly charmed by his theory of friendship. Miss Ellicot has spoken to you, the great Mr. There was a short, red-faced,
resolute youth who inherited an authoritative attitude upon bacteriology from his
father; a Japanese student of unassuming manners who drew beautifully and had
an imperfect knowledge of English; and a dark, unwashed Scotchman with
complicated spectacles, who would come every morning as a sort of volunteer
supplementary demonstrator, look very closely at her work and her, tell her that
her dissections were “fairish,” or “very fairish indeed,” or “high above the
normal female standard,” hover as if for some outbreak of passionate gratitude
and with admiring retrospects that made the facetted spectacles gleam like
diamonds, return to his own place. Perhaps it was
loneliness. “The horse’s knees are
broken, and I am not sure that the man is sober. Like the
parrot, she could memorize the lines, but she could not understand them. That blow made me a thief. He is big and powerful; one of those
drinkers who show it but little outwardly. There is a button loose on that coat under your pillow.
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