[A Perilous Secret by Charles Reade]@TWC D-Link bookA Perilous Secret CHAPTER XVII 7/12
She started with _surprise_. "What do you want here ?" said she. "To speak to you." "How dare you speak to me after your vile suspicions ?" "Well, but, Julia--" "How dare you call me Julia ?" "Well, Miss Clifford, won't you even hear me ?" "Not a word.
It's through you poor dear Mary and I have both been insulted by that wretch of a father of hers." "Which father ?" "I said wretch.
To whom does that term apply except to Mr.Bartley, and" (with sudden vigor) "to you." "Then you think I am as bad as old Bartley," said Percy, firing up. "No, I don't." "Ah," said Percy, glad to find there was a limit. But Julia explained: "I think you are a great deal worse.
You pretend to love me, and yet without the slightest reason you doubt me." "What did I doubt? I thought you had parted with my bracelet to another person, and so you had.
I never doubted your honor." "Oh yes, you did; I saw your face." "I am not r--r--responsible for my face." "Yes, you are; you had no business to look broken-hearted, and miserable, and distrustful, and abominable.
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