Part 2
They had their explanations the next evening, but they were explanations in
quite other terms than Ann Veronica had anticipated, quite other and much more
startling and illuminating terms. Romance! The romance of passing faces, of wires that carried voices and words
to the far ends of the world, of tremendous mechanisms that propelled ships and
trains! And, oh the beautiful books!
She swiftly knelt upon the floor and once more gathered the books to her heart. ’
‘You, perhaps?’ she flung at him furiously, stepping out from behind the desk. Ran in the family. All her tender lures, inherent and acquired, had shattered themselves futilely
against the reserve he had set between them. Mistresses neither
deserve consideration nor commiseration. At this point a carriage with servants in sumptuous liveries was stationed. ” The corners of her mouth rose in a
weak smile and she gave him a wink. ”
“No! Well, I just suggested it.
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