” She glanced shyly at the mirror above her dressing-table, and then about her at the furniture, as though it might penetrate to the thoughts that peeped in her mind. A sense of impending disaster was upon him. Melusine got to her feet and, tucking her shoulder under his arm on the uninjured side, put her arm about him to hold his waist, and thus contrived to take most of his weight. He could not understand how men could live ignoring this one predominant interest, this wonderful research into personality and the possibilities of pleasing, these complex, fascinating expeditions that began in interest and mounted to the supremest, most passionate intimacy. " "Have I ever broken my word in such matters, that he dares put the question?" rejoined Jonathan sternly. Then he understood. She wished her father and aunt would not enjoy their dinner with such quiet determination. Being in a great hurry, he took little heed where he set his feet; and a board giving way, he must have fallen, if he had not grasped a large plank laid upon the transverse beam immediately over his head. ‘You do not like it?’ ‘That is hardly the point. Altogether, it was the most dreadful noise he had ever heard.
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