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“There is nothing blinder than a very young woman,” philosophised her ladyship.
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“No one. I can see for myself.”
“There is nothing blinder than a very young woman,” philosophised her ladyship.
“One lives and one learns. Your Philip—”
I like unspoilt wares, sir.
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“You bring me”—Cleone’s voice trembled—“a tarnished reputation. I’ve no mind to it, sir. You have made love to a dozen other women. Perhaps you have kissed them. And—and now you offer me—your kisses!
I like unspoilt wares, sir.
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God preserve me from young men! You admitted it?
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God preserve me from young men! You admitted it?
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Can’t one think two things at the same time?
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“Who said she did?
Can’t one think two things at the same time?
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You’re only a man! You’ve not our gifts!
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“You!
You’re only a man! You’ve not our gifts!
I can tell you!” My lady spread out her fan. “Why, a woman can think of a hundred different things at once, all of them contradictory!” She nodded at him complacently.
I always considered myself to be flighty, but I’ll swear I never was engaged to two men at one and the same time!
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“To two men,” nodded her aunt. “I have never been so amused in my life.
I always considered myself to be flighty, but I’ll swear I never was engaged to two men at one and the same time!
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- IV: The Trouble Comes to a Head
- VI: The Beginning of the Transformation
- VIII: In Which Philip Delivers Himself of a Rondeau
- IX: Mr. Bancroft Is Enraged
- XI: Philip Astonishes His Uncle
- XII: Philip Plays a Dangerous Game
- XIV: The Strange Behaviour of Mistress Cleone
- XV: Lady Malmerstoke on Husbands
- XVI: Mistress Cleone Finds There Is No Safety in Numbers
- XVII: Mistress Cleone at Her Wits’ End
- XVIII: Philip Takes Charge of the Situation
IV: The Trouble Comes to a Head
I have noticed, Mr. Bancroft, that you habitually don your sword. So I took the precaution of wearing mine.
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I have noticed, Mr. Bancroft, that you habitually don your sword. So I took the precaution of wearing mine.
‘When’ is now, and ‘where’ is yonder!” He pointed above the hedge that encircled the garden to the copse beyond. It was a very fine theatrical effect, and he was pleased with it.
VI: The Beginning of the Transformation
“Il faut souffrir pour être bel,” replied the Marquis severely.
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“Mais, monsieur, je—je—cela me donne—mal au cou.”
“Il faut souffrir pour être bel,” replied the Marquis severely.
“So it seems,” said Philip irritably. “Tom, for God’s sake, have done!”
VIII: In Which Philip Delivers Himself of a Rondeau
“Short of killing him,” objected Saint-Dantin, “I don’t see—”
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Philip made an imaginary pass in the air.
“Short of killing him,” objected Saint-Dantin, “I don’t see—”
“Kill him? Not I! I may count on you to—uphold me?”
IX: Mr. Bancroft Is Enraged
“I am a fashion unto myself, then. I am an original. And I go to call out M. Bancroft!”
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“Philippe, it is not convenable to display such enthusiasm. Languor is now the fashion.”
“I am a fashion unto myself, then. I am an original. And I go to call out M. Bancroft!”
“What! A brawl? No, then, I’ll not come!”
XI: Philip Astonishes His Uncle
“I shall drawl,” promised Philip. “And I shall be very languid.”
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“No, you’re not. You don’t drawl.”
“I shall drawl,” promised Philip. “And I shall be very languid.”
“It’s the fashion, of course. You did not adopt it?”
XII: Philip Plays a Dangerous Game
“I hate him!” she told the bedpost. “I hate him, and hate him, and hate him.”
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Why, why had she sent him away? And, oh, how dared he treat her with that mocking admiration? Suddenly Cleone sat up.
“I hate him!” she told the bedpost. “I hate him, and hate him, and hate him.”
Philip was smiling when François disrobed him, a smile that held much of tenderness.
XIV: The Strange Behaviour of Mistress Cleone
“There is nothing blinder than a very young woman,” philosophised her ladyship.
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“No one. I can see for myself.”
“There is nothing blinder than a very young woman,” philosophised her ladyship.
“One lives and one learns. Your Philip—”
XV: Lady Malmerstoke on Husbands
“Pho!” said her ladyship, and snapped her fingers. “Pho!”
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“But if Philip assures her—”
“Pho!” said her ladyship, and snapped her fingers. “Pho!”
“She might. But she might not choose to show it.”
XVI: Mistress Cleone Finds There Is No Safety in Numbers
I like unspoilt wares, sir.
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“You bring me”—Cleone’s voice trembled—“a tarnished reputation. I’ve no mind to it, sir. You have made love to a dozen other women. Perhaps you have kissed them. And—and now you offer me—your kisses!
I like unspoilt wares, sir.
”
God preserve me from young men! You admitted it?
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“
God preserve me from young men! You admitted it?
”
Can’t one think two things at the same time?
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“Who said she did?
Can’t one think two things at the same time?
”
You’re only a man! You’ve not our gifts!
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“You!
You’re only a man! You’ve not our gifts!
I can tell you!” My lady spread out her fan. “Why, a woman can think of a hundred different things at once, all of them contradictory!” She nodded at him complacently.
Women don’t reason. That’s a man’s part.
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“You’re mad,” said Lady Malmerstoke with conviction. “
Women don’t reason. That’s a man’s part.
Why, do you suppose that if Cleone thought as you think, and had a brain like a man’s, you’d be in love with her? Of course you’d not. You’d not be able to feel your superiority over her. Don’t tell me!”
XVII: Mistress Cleone at Her Wits’ End
I always considered myself to be flighty, but I’ll swear I never was engaged to two men at one and the same time!
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“To two men,” nodded her aunt. “I have never been so amused in my life.
I always considered myself to be flighty, but I’ll swear I never was engaged to two men at one and the same time!
”
It seems, my dear, that the situation calls for a third gentleman,
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It seems, my dear, that the situation calls for a third gentleman,
” he said, and picked up his hat.
XVIII: Philip Takes Charge of the Situation
“With black murder in my heart!” nodded Philip.
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“Oh, that’s naught! A mere prick, but I was winded. Fare ye well, Jettan. My felicitations! You felicitated me last night, did you not?” He laughed.
“With black murder in my heart!” nodded Philip.
“I do not say goodbye, but au revoir!”
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