[The Goose Girl by Harold MacGrath]@TWC D-Link bookThe Goose Girl CHAPTER V 21/27
Let the child be in peace. What! Is not the new ballerina enough conquest? They are all talking about it." "Good night, Herr Carmichael!" The colonel, ignoring the friendly hand, saluted stiffly, wheeled abruptly, and left Carmichael staring rather stupidly at his empty hand. "Well, I'm hanged! All right," with a tilt of the shoulders.
"One enemy more or less doesn't matter.
I'm not afraid of anything save this fool heart of mine.
If he says an ill word to Gretchen, and I hear of it, I'll cane the blackguard, for that's what he is at bottom.
Well, I was looking for trouble, and here it is, sure enough." He saw a carriage coming along.
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