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Chapter XIX
“THIS IS NOT THE END”
“I said some afternoon,” she remarked, throwing open her warm coat, and taking
off her gloves, “but I certainly did not mean to-day. You cannot—shall not retreat. Sure, I lose one
occasionally—if he stays in New York. Stir a foot, and I strike. “And what on earth,” he said, “do you think
the world is made of? Why do you think I have been doing things for you? The
abstract pleasure of goodness? Are you one of the members of that great white
sisterhood that takes and does not give? The good accepting woman! Do you
really suppose a girl is entitled to live at free quarters on any man she meets
without giving any return?”
“I thought,” said Ann Veronica, “you were my friend. Her
relationship with John had made her the object of desire
for scores of teenage boys who had dared not previously
think of her in such a way. She loved to be there, taking part in it all, breathing it, being
it. ‘Major Gerald Alderley, I arrest you in the name of the King. "I'll show you Captain Sheppard, my dear. ‘I did not send you a card because in the normal way of things you rarely
attend such affairs. Phillips Oppenheim
Release Date: September 11, 2008 [EBook #26596]
Language: English
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