14/17 "I really have given you no cause to be so unhappy; surely teaching you a little Armenian was a very innocent kind of diversion." "Yes, but you went on so long, and in such a strange way, and made me repeat such strange examples, as you call them, that I could not bear it." "Why, to tell you the truth, Belle, it's my way; and I have dealt with you just as I would with. ." "A hard-mouthed jade," said Belle, "and you practising your horse-witchery upon her. I have been of an unsubdued spirit, I acknowledge, but I was always kind to you; and if you have made me cry, it's a poor thing to boast of." "Boast of!" said I; "a pretty thing indeed to boast of; I had no idea of making you cry. Come, I beg your pardon; what more can I do? |