[The Short Works of George Meredith by George Meredith]@TWC D-Link bookThe Short Works of George Meredith CHAPTER VI 3/22
Next summer she was going to Wales.
All her experiences were delicious.
She was insatiable, but satisfied. "I wish I had been with you," said Fellingham. "I wish you had," said she. Mrs.Cavely was her chaperon at the ball, and he was not permitted to enjoy a lengthened conversation sitting with Annette.
What was he to think of a girl who could be submissive to Mrs.Cavely, and danced with any number of officers, and had no idea save of running incessantly over England in the pursuit of pleasure? Her tone of saying, "I wish you had," was that of the most ordinary of wishes, distinctly, if not designedly different from his own melodious depth. She granted him one waltz, and he talked of her father and his whimsical vagrancies and feeling he had a positive liking for Van Diemen, and he sagaciously said so. Annette's eyes brightened.
"Then why do you never go to see him? He has bought Elba.
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