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It couldn't be that Suzanne was interested in some man. The only person she cared much about was Eugene Witla, and he was married and only friendly in a brotherly, guardian-like way. "Now, Suzanne," she said determinedly, "I'm not going to have you talk nonsense. This trip will be a delightful thing for you once you have started.
There seemed to be a council school, aggressive in its hideousness, up every second side street; the grinding whirr of the municipal trams was always in your ears, to remind you of the poverty of the neighbourhood in case our eyes should play you false, that worst form of poverty which has to wear a decent black suit and possesses the mockery of a vote; whilst the only alternative to the pavements laid by a councillor-contractor, and kept in repair by means of a special rate was the recreation ground, in which a plethoric and guardian-like official spent his days in keeping the embryo ratepayers off the sacrosanct municipal grass.
It was an ideal city for a warrior to take his rest in; but probably what counted most with Captain Borrow was the Grammar School more than the Norman Cathedral, the grim old Castle that stands guardian-like upon its mound, the fact of its being a garrison town, or even the traditions that surrounded the place.
Margarita knew the voice of the stranger before she had opened the door, and on presenting herself, the hero gave her a guardian-like salute. 'One may see, he said, 'that it requires better men than those of Werner to drive away the rose from that cheek. Gottlieb pressed the rosy cheek to his shoulder and patted her. 'What do you think, Grete?
Margarita knew the voice of the stranger before she had opened the door, and on presenting herself, the hero gave her a guardian-like salute. 'One may see, he said, 'that it requires better men than those of Werner to drive away the rose from that cheek. Gottlieb pressed the rosy cheek to his shoulder and patted her. 'What do you think, Grete?
She gave me such a look." "Well, never mind, honey. She won't hurt you. Where are you going now?" Aileen always maintained a most guardian-like attitude toward her sister. "I want to find Callum. He has to dance with me next time. I know what he's trying to do. He's trying to get away from me. But he won't." Aileen smiled. Norah looked very sweet. And she was so bright.
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