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Lanniere, with an expression in which dismay, amusement, and embarrassment were so comically blended that Marian, who first saw him, had to cover her face with her handkerchief to hide her sense of the ludicrous. "Pardon me," said the inopportune new-comer, "I I "
Lanniere may go to thunder before I risk annoying you." "Yes, thank you; please let him go to thunder. He won't talk of the affair, and so can do you no harm." "Supposing he could, that would be no excuse for annoying you." "I think you punished him sufficiently before he went, and without ceasing to be a gentleman, too. If you carry out your brave purpose you need not fear for your reputation."
Lanniere departed with tingling ears, and a dawning consciousness that he had over-rated his million, and that he had made a fool of himself generally. All trace of mirth passed from Strahan's expression, as he looked at the young girl's stern, flushed face and the angry sheen of her eyes. "By Jove!" he exclaimed, "that's magnificent.
What I fear is that I shall appear goody-goody, and that would disgust every one, including myself." MR. Lanniere evidently had serious intentions, for he came unfashionably early. He fairly beamed on the young girl when he found her at home.
"Well," she concluded, with an ominous flash in her eyes at her fair reflection in the mirror, "whether I can incite any one to better things or not, I can at least do some freezing out. That gossipy, selfish old Mr. Lanniere must take his million to some other market. I have no room in my life for him. Neither do I dote on the future acquaintance of Mr. Strahan. I shall put him on probation.
Lanniere, indeed! What should I be but a part of his possessions, another expensive luxury in his luxurious life? I want a man like papa, earnest, large-brained, and large-hearted, who, instead of inveighing against the times, is absorbed in the vital questions of the day, and is doing his part to solve them rightly. I would like to take Mr.
Lanniere," he said, with an assumption of much dignity; "there is scant courtesy in your greeting, and without reason. I have the honor of Miss Vosburgh's acquaintance as truly as yourself. This is her parlor, and she alone has the right to indicate that I am unwelcome. I shall demand no apologies here and now, but I shall demand them. I may appear very young " "Yes, you do; very young.
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