[A Romance of Two Worlds by Marie Corelli]@TWC D-Link bookA Romance of Two Worlds CHAPTER XIII 5/23
We might have a pleasant little party, especially if you add Mr.and Mrs. Challoner and their daughters to the list.
And I will ask Ivan." I glanced at Zara when the Prince's name was uttered, but she made no sign of either offence or indifference. "You are very hospitable," I said, addressing Heliobas; "but I really see no reason why you should throw open your doors to my friends, unless, indeed, you specially desire to please me." "Why, of course I do!" he replied heartily; and Zara looked up and smiled. "Then," I returned, "I will ask them to come.
What am I to say about my recovery, which I know is little short of miraculous ?" "Say," replied Heliobas, "that you have been cured by electricity. There is nothing surprising in such a statement nowadays.
But say nothing of the HUMAN electric force employed upon you--no one would believe you, and the effort to persuade unpersuadable people is always a waste of time." An hour after this conversation Zara and I were in the cathedral of Notre Dame.
I attended the service with very different feelings to those I had hitherto experienced during the same ceremony.
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