[The Translation of a Savage Complete by Gilbert Parker]@TWC D-Link bookThe Translation of a Savage Complete CHAPTER VIII 29/33
He used to ride with me every morning.
But let us go, us three, and kiss the baby good-night--'good-night till we meet in the morning.'" She linked her arm now through Frank's, and as she did so he replied to Lali: "I shall be glad to ride in the morning, but--" "But we can arrange it at breakfast," said his wife hurriedly.
At the same time she allowed herself to be drawn away to the hall with her husband. He was very angry, but he knew he had no right to be so.
He choked back his wrath and moved on amiably enough, and suddenly the fashion in which the tables had been turned on him struck him with its tragic comedy, and he involuntarily smiled.
His sense of humour saved him from words and acts which might possibly have made the matter a pure tragedy after all. He loosed his arm from Marion's. "I must bid father and mother good-night.
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