[Lady Merton, Colonist by Mrs. Humphry Ward]@TWC D-Link bookLady Merton, Colonist CHAPTER XIV 21/64
Has he been saying that to you? All the same--_ma collegue_--I am disappointed in you!" Elizabeth's eye wavered under his. "We agreed, did we not--at Glacier--on what was to be done next to our friend? Oh! don't dispute! I laid it down--and you accepted it.
As for me, I have done nothing but pursue that object ever since--in my own way.
And you, Madam ?" As he stood over her, a lean Don Quixotish figure, his long arms akimbo, Elizabeth's fluttering laugh broke out. "Inquisitor! Good night!" "Good night--but--just a word! Anderson has done well here.
Your public men say agreeable things of him.
He will play your English game--your English Imperialist game--which I can't play.
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