[The Gentleman From Indiana by Booth Tarkington]@TWC D-Link bookThe Gentleman From Indiana CHAPTER XVI 20/36
His views must edify Carlow." She gave a quick, stifled cry.
"Oh! there isn't a word of truth in what you say! Not a word! I did not think you could be so cruel!" He bent forward, peering at her in astonishment. "Cruel!" "You know it is a hateful distortion--an exaggeration!" she exclaimed passionately.
"No man living could have so little sense as you say he has.
The tariff is perfectly plain to any child.
When you were in Plattville you weren't like this--I didn't know you were unkind!" "I--I don't understand, please----" "Miss Hinsdale has been talking--raving--to me about you! You may not know it--though I suppose you do--but you made a conquest last night. It seems a little hard on the poor young man who is at work for you in Plattville, doing his best for you, plodding on through the hot days, and doing all he knows how, while you sit listening to music in the evenings with Clara Hinsdale, and make a mock of his work and his trying to please you----" "But I didn't mention him to Miss Hinsdale.
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