[Our Friend the Charlatan by George Gissing]@TWC D-Link bookOur Friend the Charlatan CHAPTER XVI 15/31
Evidently you have all the material for one.
Don't you think it might be well ?" "We have spoken of that, you know," was Dyce's careless reply.
"I prefer oral teaching." "Still, a solid book, such a one as you could easily write, would do you a great deal of good.
Do think about it, will you ?" Her voice had an unusual quality; it was persuasive, and almost gentle. In speaking, she looked at him with eyes of unfamiliar expressiveness, and all the lines of her face had softened. "Of course if you really think--" began Lashmar, affecting to ponder the matter. "I should so like you to do it," Constance pursued, still with the markedly feminine accent, which she certainly did not assume.
"Will you--to please me ?" Her eyes fell before the other's quick, startled look.
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