[Villette by Charlotte Bronte]@TWC D-Link bookVillette CHAPTER XIV 34/62
I would keep my own dress, come what might.
M.Paul might storm, might rage: I would keep my own dress.
I said so, with a voice as resolute in intent, as it was low, and perhaps unsteady in utterance. He did not immediately storm or rage, as I fully thought he would he stood silent.
But Zelie again interposed. "She will make a capital _petit-maitre_.
Here are the garments, all--all complete: somewhat too large, but--I will arrange all that. Come, chere amie--belle Anglaise!" And she sneered, for I was not "belle." She seized my hand, she was drawing me away.
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