[The Emancipated by George Gissing]@TWC D-Link bookThe Emancipated CHAPTER XIV 9/26
Let us leave it till afterwards .-- You see how this road winds, so that the incline may be gentle enough for carriages.
There are stony little paths, just like the beds of mountain streams, going straight down to the Marina.
I lost myself again and again yesterday among the gardens and vineyards. Look back over the bay to Naples!" But in a minute or two the other subject was resumed, again with a suddenness that told of inability to keep from speaking his thoughts. "You understand, I dare say, why Mallard is making such a fuss ?" "How could I help understanding ?" "But _do_ you understand ?" "What do you mean ?" she asked irritably. "Does he speak like a man who is disinterested ?" "It is not my business to discuss Mr.Mallard's motives." "It certainly is mine--and yours too, if you care anything for me." They reached the hotel without further debate of this subject.
It was not much after one o'clock; all lunched together in private, talking only of Capri.
Later they walked to the villa of Tiberius.
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