Excerpt: ...surprised. "I beg your pardon," he said. "I hope you were not hurt." She looked at him scornfully without replying, and then walked to the mantel, where there was a small antique mirror of silver. "Thank you, not in the least." Her tone was no warmer than an arctic night. She gathered her hair, and began to twist it up. He followed and stood behind her with an air at once deprecatory and insinuating. "I shouldn't think you could see in that thing," he observed. She took no notice of his words. "If I laughed," ...
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Excerpt: ...surprised. "I beg your pardon," he said. "I hope you were not hurt." She looked at him scornfully without replying, and then walked to the mantel, where there was a small antique mirror of silver. "Thank you, not in the least." Her tone was no warmer than an arctic night. She gathered her hair, and began to twist it up. He followed and stood behind her with an air at once deprecatory and insinuating. "I shouldn't think you could see in that thing," he observed. She took no notice of his words. "If I laughed," continued he, "it was only from nervousness. I was carried away"- "I observed that you were," she interrupted icily. He stood awkwardly a moment, while she finished putting up her hair. Then, as she turned toward him, he smiled again, holding out his hand. "Surely you are not angry with me," he pleaded. "I care more for your feeling toward me than for anything else in the world." "It would amuse Mrs. Rangely to hear you say so, not to mention my husband." He stared at her with the air of a man not sure whether he is awake or dreaming. "What are they to us?" he asked, sinking his voice almost to a whisper. "Mrs. Rangely may be nothing to you, but Dr. Wilson is still a good deal to me, thank you." He looked at her again with perplexity in his glance, but with his face hardening. "You surely cannot mean that you have ceased to care for me just for a second of meaningless laughter?" She swept him a scornful courtesy. "You do these things better in your novels, Mr. Rangely, which shows what an advantage it is to have time to think speeches over. I wouldn't have my hero say a thing like that, if I were you. It would make him seem like a conceited cad." The insolence of her manner was such as no man could bear. Rangely crimsoned to the temples. He paced across the room, while she coolly seated herself in a great Venetian chair, and began to play with a little jade image. He came back to her, and stood a moment as if he could not find words. "Why...
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Near Very Good. No Jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Americans In Fiction Series No. 45, Facsimile Of 1898 Edition, Ex-Library, Remnants Of Pocket On Front End Paper, Stamp And "Discard" In Blue Ink On Title Page, "86021" In Black In On Copyright Page, Stamps On Each Front Edge Of Pages, Remnants Of Sticker On Back Cover Board, Mild Shelfwear, Two Dots Of Black Ink On Spine, Mild Soiling To Boards, Foxing, Tanning From Age, Otherwise An Unmarked, Clean, And Solid Copy.
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