Awakening - To Let by John Galsworthy
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"Well, have you had enough?" "One more, Father, please." She would be sick! He went to the counter to pay. When he turned round again he saw Fleur standing near the door, holding a handkerchief which the boy had evidently just handed to her. "F. F.," he heard her say. "Fleur Forsyte--it's mine all right. Thank you ever so." Good God! She had caught the trick from what he'd told her in the Gallery--monkey! "Forsyte? Why--that's my name too. Perhaps we're cousins." "Really! We must be. There aren't any others. I live at Mapledurham; where do you?" "Robin Hill." Question and answer had been so rapid that all was over before he could lift a finger. He saw Irene's face alive with startled feeling, gave the slightest shake of his head, and slipped his arm through Fleur's. "Come along!" he said. She did not move. |
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