[The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens]@TWC D-Link bookThe Mystery of Edwin Drood CHAPTER XX--A FLIGHT 8/17
I took a sudden resolution.
Poor, poor Eddy!' 'Ah, poor fellow, poor fellow!' 'His uncle has made love to me.
I cannot bear it,' said Rosa, at once with a burst of tears, and a stamp of her little foot; 'I shudder with horror of him, and I have come to you to protect me and all of us from him, if you will ?' 'I will,' cried Mr.Grewgious, with a sudden rush of amazing energy. 'Damn him! "Confound his politics! Frustrate his knavish tricks! On Thee his hopes to fix? Damn him again!"' After this most extraordinary outburst, Mr.Grewgious, quite beside himself, plunged about the room, to all appearance undecided whether he was in a fit of loyal enthusiasm, or combative denunciation. He stopped and said, wiping his face: 'I beg your pardon, my dear, but you will be glad to know I feel better.
Tell me no more just now, or I might do it again.
You must be refreshed and cheered.
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