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Excerpt: ... this foolish speech. "Husbands? Pouf They least of all," says Mrs. Chichester, who loves to shock her audience, and now finds Miss Gower ready to her hand. "Where is your husband now, Mrs. Chichester?" asks Colonel Neilson, quite without malice prepense. Margaret gives him a warning glance, just a little too late. Though indeed, after all, what is there to warn about Mrs. Chichester? She is only one of a thousand flighty young women one meets every day, and though Captain Marryatts infatuation for her is beyond dispute, still, her infatuation for him has yet to be proved. Margaret had objected to her, in her own mind, as a companion for Tita-Tita, who seems too young to judge for herself in the matter of friendships. "I dont know, Im sure," returns Mrs. Chichester, lifting her shoulders. "Miss Gower will tell you; she knows everything. Miss Gower," raising her voice slightly, and compelling that terrible old woman to look at her, "will you tell Colonel Neilson where my husband is now?" Poor Colonel Neilson who is beginning to wish that the earth would open and swallow him up. "It argues ill for you that you should be obliged to ask such a question," says Miss Gower, with a lowering eye. "Does it? How dreadful " says Mrs. Chichester. She looks immensely amused. "Do you know I heard the other day that he was married again It cant be true-can it?" She appeals once again to Colonel Neilson, as if enjoying his discomfiture, and being willing to add to it through pure mischief. However, she is disappointed this time. Colonel Neilson does not know what to do with her appeal to him, and remains discreetly silent. He can see she is not in earnest. "At all events, if true," says Mrs. Chichester, looking now at Miss Gower, and speaking in a confidential tone, "I am sure John will let me know about it." "John" is Major Chichester. Marryatt is leaning now so far over her that he is whispering in her ear. "Is this-is this true?" questions he, in low...
| ISBN-13 | 9781153706599 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1153706598 |
| Weight | 0.76 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.52 In |
| List Price | $20.68 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 230 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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