Alas! : a novel . _ - - He *r~ i>:z z - _. :-h;;hj i: -: r-^ lz :: : ;r7_::.r_ :crzc>: :.~i r--:- 294 ALAS/ which is his hotel, I can inquire thereto-morrow morning, and bring you wordat once. Could you, would you ? cries she,life and light springing back into herdejected eyes at his proposal ; but no,with an accent of remorse, why shouldyou ? Why should we keep you runningupon our errands ? What right have weto take up your time ? My time! repeats he ironically. Iam like the German Prince mentioned byHeine, who spent his leisure hours—hoursof which he had twenty-four every day—in But if
Alas! : a novel . _ - - He *r~ i>:z z - _. :-h;;hj i: -: r-^ lz :: : ;r7_::.r_ :crzc>: :.~i r--:- 294 ALAS/ which is his hotel, I can inquire thereto-morrow morning, and bring you wordat once. Could you, would you ? cries she,life and light springing back into herdejected eyes at his proposal ; but no,with an accent of remorse, why shouldyou ? Why should we keep you runningupon our errands ? What right have weto take up your time ? My time! repeats he ironically. Iam like the German Prince mentioned byHeine, who spent his leisure hours—hoursof which he had twenty-four every day—in But if we do not rob you, interruptsElizabeth, looking at him in some surprise, we rob Miss—Miss Wilson. What willshe say to us ? She will be only too glad, replies hestiffly, a douche of cold water thrown onhis foolish heart by the little hesitationwhich had preceded her pronunciation ofAmelias name, showing that her interestin him had not had keenness enough even AMELIA. 295 to induce her to master his betrothedsappellation. Will she ? rej
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