[The Pool in the Desert by Sara Jeanette Duncan]@TWC D-Link book
The Pool in the Desert

CHAPTER 2
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'You remember that we are sketching tomorrow ?' He looked at her and smiled slightly; and then I remember noticing that his full, arched upper lip seldom quite met its counterpart over his teeth.

This gave an unpremeditated casual effect to everything he found to say, and made him look a dreamer at his busiest.

His smile was at the folly of her reminder.
'I've just been looking for something that you would like,' he said, 'but it isn't much good hunting about alone.

I see five times as much when we go together.' He and his pony barred the way; he had an air of leisure and of felicity; one would think we had met at an afternoon party.
'We are on our way,' I explained, 'to the gymkhana.

Miss Harris is in one of the events.


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