[White Lies by Charles Reade]@TWC D-Link bookWhite Lies CHAPTER XVII 13/29
It is selfish; can you not see I am anxious and worried? you ought to be kind to me, and soothe me; that is what I look for from you, and, instead of that, I declare you are getting to be quite a worry." "I should not be if you loved me as I love you.
I give YOU no rival. Shall I tell you the cause of all this? you have secrets." "What secrets ?" "Is it me you ask? am I trusted with them? Secrets are a bond that not even love can overcome.
It is to talk secrets you run away from me to Madame Raynal.
Where did you lodge at Frejus, Mademoiselle the Reticent ?" "In a grotto, dry at low water, Monsieur the Inquisitive." "That is enough: since you will not tell me, I will find it out before I am a week older." This alarmed Rose terribly, and drove her to extremities.
She decided to quarrel. "Sir," said she, "I thank you for playing the tyrant a little prematurely; it has put me on my guard.
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