[A Mummer’s Tale by Anatole France]@TWC D-Link bookA Mummer’s Tale CHAPTER I 24/24
Would you believe it--they shut me up!" "That's no reason for walking in without knocking," replied Nanteuil snappishly. The doctor pointed out that Monsieur de Ligny had left the door open; whereupon Nanteuil, turning to Ligny, said in a tone of tender reproach: "Did you really leave the door open? But, when one comes into a room, one closes the door on other people: it is one of the first things one is taught." She wrapped herself in a white blanket-cloak. The call-boy summoned the players to the stage. She grasped the hand which Ligny offered her, and, exploring his wrist with her fingers, dug her nail into the spot, close to the veins, where the skin is tender.
Then she disappeared into the dark corridor..
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