[Sandra Belloni by George Meredith]@TWC D-Link bookSandra Belloni CHAPTER XXX 4/12
I believe they're all pigs abroad--the men; and the women--cats! Oh! don't open your eyes--don't speak, pray.
You're certain I must go when the bell rings.
You're waiting for that, you unmanly dog!" "A pig," Mr.Pericles here ventured to remind her, murmuring as one in a dream. "A peeg!" she retorted mildly, somewhat mollified by her apparent success.
But Mr.Pericles had relapsed into his exasperating composure. The breath of a deliberate and undeserved peacefulness continued to be drawn in by his nostrils. At the accustomed warning there was an ostentatious rustle of retiring dresses; whereat Mr.Pericles chose to proclaim himself awake.
The astute fairy-fury immediately stepped before him. "Now you can't go on pretending sleep.
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