[The Mummy and Miss Nitocris by George Griffith]@TWC D-Link bookThe Mummy and Miss Nitocris CHAPTER XII 15/24
I'm so glad, for I do think you----" "Niti, you're talking arrant nonsense for an educated young woman.
I've only known His Lordship for a day, and how can you----" "Because female Bachelors of Science and graduates of Vassar, whatever stupid people may say, have hearts _as_ well as intellects, dear, and so they know.
I seem to have had a kind of sixth sense given to me to-day, and, when you met Lord Leighton, I saw it, and I believe you _felt_ it. I saw your eyes brighten and your face flush--only a little, but it did, and so did his.
You know my belief in the Doctrine.
You may have been lovers--perhaps wedded lovers--once upon a time, as they say in the fairy tales." "How awful--no, I mean how wonderful--if it could only be true! And now, as you've told me all this, you might as well tell me who your some one else is." "Really, Brenda, I thought you had more perception.
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