[Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope]@TWC D-Link bookCan You Forgive Her? CHAPTER XX 8/20
Get up, Captain Bellfield, or I'll push you over and then ring the bell.
A man never looks so much like a fool as when he's kneeling down,--unless he's saying his prayers, as you ought to be doing now.
Get up, I tell you. It's just half past seven, and I told Jeannette to come to me then." There was that in the widow's voice which made him get up, and he rose slowly to his feet.
"You've pushed all the chairs about, you stupid man," she said.
Then in one minute she had restored the scattered furniture to their proper places, and had rung the bell. When Jeannette came she desired that tea might be ready by the time that the young ladies returned, and asked Captain Bellfield if a cup should be set for him.
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