[Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope]@TWC D-Link bookCan You Forgive Her? CHAPTER VIII 15/24
Don't you put it into the basket, because you'd turn it the wrong side down.
There now, if you haven't nearly made me upset the apricot pie." Then, in the transfer of the dishes between the captain and the widow, there occurred some little innocent by-play, which seemed to give offence to Mr Cheesacre; so that that gentleman turned his back upon the hampers and took a step away towards the door. Mrs Greenow saw the thing at a glance, and immediately applied herself to cure the wound.
"What do you think, Mr Cheesacre," said she, "Kate wouldn't come down because she didn't choose that you should see her with an apron on over her frock!" "I'm sure I don't know why Miss Vavasor should care about my seeing her." "Nor I either.
That's just what I said.
Do step up into the drawing-room; you'll find her there, and you can make her answer for herself." "She wouldn't come down for me," said Mr Cheesacre.
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