[Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott]@TWC D-Link bookRose in Bloom CHAPTER 12 AT KITTY'S BALL 13/15
Hurry up!" "All right.
Good night, old fellows!" And Charlie was off, as if the name had power to stop him in the very act of breaking the promise made to himself. "Come, Solon, take a social drop, and give us an epithalamium in your best Greek.
Here's to you!" And Steve was lifting the wine to his own lips when Mac knocked the glass out of his hand with a flash of the eye that caused his brother to stare at him with his mouth open in an imbecile sort of way, which seemed to excite Mac still more, for, turning to his young host, he said, in a low voice, and with a look that made the gentlemen on the chairs sit up suddenly: "I beg pardon, Van, for making a mess, but I can't stand by and see my own brother tempt another man beyond his strength or make a brute of himself.
That's plain English, but I can't help speaking out, for I know not one of you would willingly hurt Charlie, and you will if you don't let him alone." "What do you pitch into me for? I've done nothing.
A fellow must be civil in his own house, mustn't he ?" asked Van good-humoredly as he faced about, corkscrew in hand. "Yes, but it is not civil to urge or joke a guest into doing what you know and he knows is bad for him.
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