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In this case it must seem to you that to part with them would be an impiety of the worst kind, a simple sacrilege!" Miss Tita shook her head, full of her dolefulness. "You would understand if you had known her. I'm afraid," she quavered suddenly "I'm afraid! She was terrible when she was angry." "Yes, I saw something of that, that night. She was terrible. Then I saw her eyes.
But not" with an ireful glance at him "half as wretched as you have made me!" Rylton shrugs his shoulders. You should never shrug your shoulders when a woman is angry. "Yes, wretched wretched!" says Tita, angry tears flooding her eyes. "There was never any one so miserable as I have been since I married you."
Tita, on the contrary, maintained an impressive dignity of demeanour; and when Franziska's name happened to be mentioned she spoke of the young girl as her very particular friend, as though she would dare Charlie to attempt a flirtation with one who held that honour. But the young man was either blind or reckless, or acting a part for mere mischief. He pointed the finger of scorn at Dr. Krumm.
It made me quite sick to find myself confronted with that particular obstacle; all the more that it appeared to me I had been extremely encouraged to leave it out of account. I almost considered that Miss Tita had assured me that if she had no greater hindrance than that ! "You don't mean to say you made her a deathbed promise?
And, besides, you have some friends of your won to be asked." "Your friends will do very well." "Nonsense!" with a touch of impatience. "It is you and your friends who are first to be considered; afterwards we can think of mine." "I have no friends," says Tita carelessly. "You have your uncle, at all events; he might like " "Oh, don't be an ass," says Lady Rylton.
"So you see riches have got nothing to do with it," says Tita, breaking into a gay, irresistible little laugh. Miss Knollys laughs too, in spite of herself, and then grows suddenly very grave. There is something she must say to Tita. "I think you ought to see your husband," says Margaret. It is a bombshell!
Tita grows very pale. "That is ungenerous," says she. "I have all the faults, naturally." He goes towards the door, and then suddenly comes back and flings something upon the table before her. "You once told me you were fond of rings," says he. The case has flown open, because of his passionate throwing of it, and an exquisite diamond and pearl ring lies displayed. Tita springs to her feet.
It was only my love for Tita that made me come and tell you what was troubling me." "Why not tell Tita?" "Ah, Tita is a little angel," says Minnie Hescott. "I might as well speak to the winds as to her. I tried to tell her, you know, and " "And " He looked up eagerly. "And she wouldn't listen. I tell you she is an angel," says Minnie, laughing. She stops.
"But why this way?" asks Rylton. "Why not here?" pointing towards the ballroom. "Or here?" contemptuously pointing to a window further on that leads to a conservatory. For a moment Mrs. Bethune loses herself only for a moment, however. That first foolish movement that betrayed her knowledge of where Tita really is has to be overcome.
The red rooster began to run the moment he heard corn rattle, and he called to the hens to come too. He seemed to think they wouldn't know enough even to eat corn unless he advised them to. They swarmed around Tita's feet, pecking at each other and snatching greedily at each kernel as it fell. "You all need to go to the priest for your manners," Tita said to them severely.
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