[The Firing Line by Robert W. Chambers]@TWC D-Link bookThe Firing Line CHAPTER III 6/18
There's only one kind of a girl of whom men are really afraid....
And now I don't exactly know what to do about you--being, myself, as guilty and horrid as you have been." She regarded him contemplatively, her hands joined behind her back. "Exactly what to do about you I don't know," she repeated, leisurely inspecting him.
"Shall I tell you something? I am not afraid to; I am not a bit cowardly about it either.
Shall I ?" "If you dare," he said, smiling and uncertain. "Very well, then; I rather like you, Mr.Hamil." "You _are_ a trump!" he blurted out, reddening with surprise. "Are you astonished that I know you ?" "I don't see how you found out--" "Found out! What perfectly revolting vanity! Do you suppose that the moment I left you I rushed home and began to make happy and incoherent inquiries? Mr.Hamil, you disappoint me every time you speak--and also every time you don't." "I seem to be doomed." "You are.
You can't help it.
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