[A Gentleman of France by Stanley Weyman]@TWC D-Link bookA Gentleman of France CHAPTER XIII 11/22
Give it me.' 'It is in my room,' I answered, astonished beyond measure at this sudden change of subject, and equally sudden demand. 'Then fetch it, sir, if you please,' she replied, her eyes flashing afresh.
'Fetch it.
Fetch it, I say! It has served its turn, and I prefer to have it.
Who knows but that some day you may be showing it for a love-knot ?' 'Mademoiselle!' I cried, hotly.
And I think that for the moment I was as angry as she was. 'Still, I prefer to have it,' she answered sullenly, casting down her eyes. I was so much enraged, I went without a word and fetched it, and, bringing it to her where she stood, in the same place, put it into her hands.
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