[Tommy and Grizel by J.M. Barrie]@TWC D-Link bookTommy and Grizel CHAPTER XVI 12/23
How could Grizel do anything that would give him the right to be angry with her? Oh, men, men! will you never understand how absolutely all of her a woman's love can be? If she gives you everything, how can she give you more? She is not another person; she is part of you.
Does one finger of your hand plot against another? He told her sullenly of his scene with the doctor. "I am very sorry," she said; but her eyes were still searching for the reason why Tommy could be angry with her. "You made me promise to tell no one," he said, "and I have kept my promise: but you----" The anguish that was Grizel's then! "You can't think that I told him!" she cried, and she held out her arms as if to remind him of who she was.
"You can believe that of your Grizel ?" "I daresay you have not done it wittingly; but this man has guessed, and he could never have guessed it from look or word of mine." "It must have been I!" she said slowly.
"Tell me," she cried like a suppliant, "how have I done it ?" "Your manner, your face," he answered; "it must have been that.
I don't blame you.
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