4/28 He anticipated a trying experience for her on account of this new transgression. "I say, Miss Roussillon, stop a moment, please." Alice halted and turned facing him so short and so suddenly that the rapier in his hand pricked through her wraps and slightly scratched her arm. "Do I deserve this brutality ?" "You mistake me, Miss Roussillon. I cannot be brutal to you now. Do not fear me; I only had a word to say." "Oh, you deem it very polite and gentle to jab me with your sword, do you? |