[Villette by Charlotte Bronte]@TWC D-Link bookVillette CHAPTER XXI 12/33
And this new, this out-door, this male spy, what business had brought him to the premises at this unwonted hour? What possible right had he to intrude on me thus? No other professor would have dared to cross the carre before the class-bell rang.
M.Emanuel took no account of hours nor of claims: there was some book of reference in the first-class library which he had occasion to consult; he had come to seek it: on his way he passed the refectory.
It was very much his habit to wear eyes before, behind, and on each side of him: he had seen me through the little window--he now opened the refectory door, and there he stood. "Mademoiselle, vous etes triste." "Monsieur, j'en ai bien le droit." "Vous etes malade de coeur et d'humeur," he pursued.
"You are at once mournful and mutinous.
I see on your cheek two tears which I know are hot as two sparks, and salt as two crystals of the sea.
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