[The Whirlpool by George Gissing]@TWC D-Link bookThe Whirlpool CHAPTER 7 30/35
But I really must try to see you at Bregenz--do let me.' He begged it as a favour, a privilege, and Alma without hesitation told him where she would be living. 'For a few weeks? Oh, then, I shall make a point of coming that way. You're not working too hard, I hope? I know you don't do things by halves.
When I first heard you were going in seriously for music, I said to myself, "_Tant mieux_, another great violinist!"' The listener reddened with delight; her step became elastic; she carried her head gallantly, and feared not the glances Redgrave cast at her. 'I have learnt not to talk about myself,' she said, bestowing a smile upon him.
'That's the first bad habit to be overcome by the amateur converted.' 'Capital! An axiom worth putting into print, for the benefit of all and sundry.
Now I must say goodbye; that fellow yonder will take me back to the domesticities.' He hailed an empty carriage.
'We shall meet again among the mountains.
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