Unmarked6698
- Flag inappropriate
- Show review history
"Yes. I promise you I'll say nothing." "Yes, Aunt Adeline, I'll go take it off this very minute," I heard myself answer her airily, to my own astonishment. I might have known that if I ever got one of those smiles it would go to my head! Without another word I sailed into my room and closed the door softly. "Is dere poison in de hollow ob de needle?".
453 people found this
review helpful
kez_ h (Kez_h)
- Flag inappropriate
- Show review history
"Why not? it just suits him: 'A little, round, fat, oily man of——'"I tried logging in using my phone number and I
was supposed to get a verification code text,but didn't
get it. I clicked resend a couple time, tried the "call
me instead" option twice but didn't get a call
either. the trouble shooting had no info on if the call
me instead fails.There was
"O Death! thou strange, mysterious power, seen every day yet never understood but by the incommunicative dead, what art thou?"
658 people found this
review helpful
Conrad
"No," said Etwald, rising. "We have talked long enough on this subject. It is plain that we three men are in love with the same woman. You can't blame me, nor I you. Miss Dallas is a sufficiently beautiful excuse for our madness. I spoke out simply because I want you both to understand the position. You are warned, and we can now do battle for the smiles of this charming lady. Let the best man win!" There was a silence that made the next question come with more insulting force, while Patricia again wondered why Elinor did not seize this moment for her broadside of bonbons. When he vanished round the curve of the drive, Isabella, with a very pale face, turned toward Dido. "Oh, I had a reason for keeping our engagement secret, but it is no longer necessary, and to-day--at this moment--I am going straight to ask your mother to give me this dear hand in marriage. If she consents, we will soon get rid of Dido.".
298 people found this
review helpful