Modern Chronicle, a — Volume 08 by Winston Churchill
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page 52 of 58 (89%)
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craved a few sittings. Her expression now, as she looked at Peter, was
graver than usual. "You must not come to-morrow," she said. "I thought we were going to Versailles again," he replied in surprise. "I have made the arrangements." "I have changed my mind. I'm not going." "You want to postpone it?" he asked. She took a chair beside the little blaze in the fireplace. "Sit down, Peter. I wish to say something to you. I have been wishing to do so for some time." "Do you object if I stand a moment?" he said. "I feel so much more comfortable standing, especially when I am going to be scolded." "Yes," she admitted, "I am going to scold you. Your conscience has warned you." "On the contrary," he declared, "it has never been quieter. If I have offended; it is through ignorance." "It is through charity, as usual," she said m a low voice. "If your conscience be quiet, mine is not. It is in myself that I am disappointed--I have been very selfish. I have usurped you. I have known it all along, and I have done very wrong in not relinquishing you |
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