[The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories by Ethel M. Dell]@TWC D-Link bookThe Safety Curtain, and Other Stories CHAPTER VII 3/9
It remained therefore for him to extricate her, if he could.
He turned to her. "Look here, Mrs.Tudor," he said, in a judicious, elder-brotherly tone, "I think it's a mistake, don't you know, to let yourself get depressed over--well, little things.
I know what it is to feel down on your luck. But luck turns, you know, and--and--he's a good sort--a bit stiff and difficult to get on with, but still--a good sort.
You won't think me rude if I leave you now? I didn't expect Mrs.Raleigh to be so long, and I'm afraid I can't wait any longer.
I've got to dress for mess." "Goodness!" said Audrey, with a glance at the clock.
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