[Sandra Belloni by George Meredith]@TWC D-Link bookSandra Belloni CHAPTER XXI 7/19
Pride coursed through his veins in a torrent. When the voice was still, Mr.Pericles remained in a pondering posture. "You go to play fool with zat voice in Milano, you are flogged," he cried terribly, shaking his forefinger. Wilfrid faced round in wrath, but Mr.Pericles would not meet his challenge, continuing: "You hear? you hear ?--so!" and Mr.Pericles brought the palms of his hands in collision. "Marcy, man!" Mrs.Chump leaped from her chair; "d'ye mean that those horrud forr'ners'll smack a full-grown young woman ?--Don't go to 'm, my dear.
Now, take my 'dvice, little Belloni, and don't go.
It isn't the sting o' the smack, ye know--" "Shall I sing anything to you ?" Emilia addressed Mr.Pericles.
The latter shrugged to express indifference.
Nevertheless she sang.
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