Now I am sorry to cross you in anything you have set your heart upon, but I regret to say—” “H’m,” he reflected, and crossed out the last four words. Even now she could trace the outline of his shape behind the left-hand curtain. Gianfrancesco became agitated. Cloud back of your hat!" He opened his eyes again. She saw me, and, Lady Ferringhall, I shall never forget her look as long as I live. Fretting and fidgeting, he had, after an hour or so, turned to McClintock. Ann Veronica was not aware of this literary side of her teacher; she had a little tinge of annoyance at Miss Garvice’s advantage. We do not remember to have met with a single individual, reported to be under petticoat government, who was not content with his lot,—nay, who so far from repining, did not exult in his servitude; and we see no way of accounting for this apparently inexplicable conduct—for which, among other phenomena of married life, various reasons have been assigned, though none entirely satisfactory to us—except upon the ground that these domineering dames possess some charm sufficiently strong to counteract the irritating effect of their tempers; some secret and attractive quality of which the world at large is in ignorance, and with which their husbands alone can be supposed to be acquainted. ‘Would it so? What sort of a girl is she, then?’ ‘She’s a consummate devil,’ Gerald declared roundly. Never! Perhaps some day, quite soon, she might regret that breakfast-room. If she spoke to a policeman she did not know what would ensue. Determined, however, not be taken with life, he held on. ‘Well, she’d better learn fast if she wants any truck with me. He seemed to possess a penetration and cunning beyond his years—to hide a man's judgment under a boy's mask. Ah Cum made a movement as though to follow, but reconsidered.
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