Unmarked6698
- Flag inappropriate
- Show review history
Leaf VII. Heart Agonies. Patricia laughed and blushed with pleasure, preening herself a little and stretching on tiptoe to try to catch a glimpse in the crowded mirror; there was a movement as a sultana who had been carmining her full lips gave place to a dark beggar maid, and Patricia caught the vision of a slender, airy figure, glittering beneath its gauzy draperies with the sparkle of bright gold, and with the glint and shimmer of rosy clanking bracelets and anklets, and the spangled glory of the rose-crowned headpiece stirring a magical memory of Persia. "Thank you, Molly, all them things is what I want, but you oughter have bringed more'n that for three days not being here with me.".
453 people found this
review helpful
kez_ h (Kez_h)
- Flag inappropriate
- Show review history
And if there is a contagious thing in this world it is embarrassment. I never felt anything worse in all my life than the shame that swept over me in a great hot wave when that look came into his eyes and made me realise just exactly what I had been saying to him, about what, and how I had said it. I stood perfectly still, shook all over like a leaf, and wondered if I would ever be able to raise my eyes from the ground. A dizzy nauseated feeling for myself rose up in me against myself, and I was just about to turn on my heels and leave him, I hoped for ever, when he came over and laid his hand on my shoulder.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
THE SULTANA KEHERRYSEENOGASSOLEHENNELECTRIZADE
658 people found this
review helpful
Conrad
"All? What else do you expect me to say?" demanded Etwald, coldly. When he paused, she pondered and finally spoke out. Patricia broke in on her dismal forebodings with a rippling, silvery laugh. "I am disgusted with her, too," said Mrs. Dallas, indorsing the major's exclamation..
298 people found this
review helpful