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Updated: June 8, 2025
"You can't imagine, of course, dear, because you do not know him well enough, but he has ways and façons of coaxing. He will do the most outrageous things, and make me very angry, and then he will come and put his head in my lap like a child, and kiss my hands, and call me 'Tantine, and, old woman as I am, I cannot resist him. And if one is unhappy or ill, no one can be more tender and devoted."
"Which reminds me we are failing in ours, Tantine, you have not presented me to the English lady, who is, I perceive, a stranger." During all this Tamara had sat cold and silent. She was angry with herself that this man's entrance should cause her such emotion or rather commotion and sensation. Why should he make her feel nervous and stupid, unsure of herself, and uncertain what to do.
Sylvia felt uneasy at the recurrence of this topic, and cast about for something to turn the conversation. "Oh, Arnold," she began, rather at random, "whatever became of Professor Saunders? I've thought about him several times since I've been here, but I've forgotten to ask you or Tantine. He was my little-girl admiration, you know." Arnold smoked for a moment before answering.
What do you want, dear boy, disturbing us like this?" "I came to ask you to tie up my arm," he said. "I was practising with a pistol yesterday, and it went off and the bullet grazed the skin, and the damned thing has begun bleeding again. I know you are a trained nurse, Tantine. Serge, who is with me, has tried and made a ridiculous mess of it, so I brought the bandage to you."
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