[The Emancipated by George Gissing]@TWC D-Link bookThe Emancipated CHAPTER XII 13/17
Look into my eyes.
Is there no assurance, no strength for you? Do they look too happy? That is because you are still here; time enough for sadness when you are gone.
Oh, you think too humbly of yourself! Having loved you, and known your love, what else can the world offer me to live for ?" "Wherever you are, I must come often." "Indeed you must, or for me too the burden will be heavier than I can bear." As the Denyers were coming home, it surprised them to pass, at a little distance from the house, Clifford Marsh in conversation with the gentleman who had called upon Miss Doran.
Madeline, exercising her new privilege of perfect _sang-froid_, took an opportunity not long after to speak to Clifford in the drawing-room. "Who was the gentleman we saw you with ?" "I met him at Pompeii, but didn't know his name till today.
He's asked me to dine with him." "He is a friend of Miss Doran's, I believe ?" "I believe so." "You accepted his invitation ?" "Yes; I am always willing to make a new acquaintance." "A liberal frame of mind.
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