5/8 This one strikes me as rather amiable." "For my part," said Orso, "I can't say as much. He strikes me as a very queer individual, with his airs of emphasis and mystery." The colonel was extremely drowsy. Miss Lydia cast a glance in his direction, and, lowering her voice: "And I," she said, "do not think him so mysterious as you pretend; for I believe I understood him!" "Then you are clear-sighted indeed, Miss Nevil. If you have seen any wit in what he has just said you must certainly have put it there yourself." "It is the Marquis de Mascarille, I think, who says that, M. But would you like me to give you a proof of my clear-sightedness? |