NOT SO ANGELIC.
He turned silently and faced her. . •/ "I did not expect such treatment, n said. "When I asked you for a kiss thfere;, was no reason why you should^have-re-, * ceived my request in such a manner. "You had no right to suggest such * thing," she returned. "Nonsense!" he retorted. "If everjT.v man went on that principle, there would. \ be no love making: done. You might. »«*••• refused me. You had that privilege. But to get up and say you were insulted and • go on the way you did was me"re foil?) She drew up herself angrily.. ; • "You presume, then,' she said, "toieo'v ture me on what I should or should not h do. This is too much, sir!" She turned to leave the room. He stood • in front of her. "Forgive me,." he said. "You *«•& right. You are so different from most girls that I misunderstood. You are 80 far above those things that the: n«rp; suggestion was a shock to you. I see clearer now. What a brute I w&s! She shook her head. "I fear I am not so good as all that, she said, quietly . "Ah, but you are," he said, almOßt-r»V"j erently; "and I cannot tell, you h?? \ much I respect you for it. You.are a» angel!" She smiled. A look of great relief &W : ove> her face. She walked across tne room, opened the folding doors that »ov into the drawing-room, and then came \ back softly. , •' , llf ; "Why, you foolish man,1' she said, .^ f you knew half as much as I, y°" f?f H 2 t have known that my aunt was benH«*-.. those doors listeiilng to all I said/*' "■[ .-'■'■■
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 46, 23 February 1901, Page 4 (Supplement)
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276NOT SO ANGELIC. Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 46, 23 February 1901, Page 4 (Supplement)
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