ISBN: 9781443234207

Excerpt: ... in a sidelong, wistful sort of way. Pasiance''s conduct to him would be cruel in any one else, but in her, one takes it with a pinch of salt. Dan goes off, but turn… mais…

Excerpt: ... in a sidelong, wistful sort of way. Pasiance''s conduct to him would be cruel in any one else, but in her, one takes it with a pinch of salt. Dan goes off, but turns up again as quiet and dogged as you please. Last night, for instance, we were sitting in the loggia after supper. Pasiance was fingering the strings of her violin, and suddenly Dan (a bold thing for him) asked her to play. What! she said, before men? No, thank you! Why not? Because I hate them. Down came John Ford''s hand on the wicker table: You forget yourself! Go to bed! She gave Dan a look, and went; we could hear her playing in her bedroom; it sounded like a dance of spirits; and just when one thought she had finished, out it would break again like a burst of laughter. Presently, John Ford begged our pardons ceremoniously, and stumped off indoors. The violin ceased; we heard his voice growling at her; down he came again. Just as he was settled in his chair there was a soft swish, and something dark came falling through the apple boughs. The violin! You should have seen his face! Dan would have picked the violin up, but the old man stopped him. Later, from my bedroom window, I saw John Ford come out and stand looking at the violin. He raised his foot as if to stamp on it. At last he picked it up, wiped it carefully, and took it in. My room is next to hers. I kept hearing her laugh, a noise too as if she were dragging things about the room. Then I fell asleep, but woke with a start, and went to the window for a breath of fresh air. Such a black, breathless night! Nothing to be seen but the twisted, blacker branches; not the faintest stir of leaves, no sound but muffled grunting from the cowhouse, and now and then a faint sigh. I had the queerest feeling of unrest and fear, the last thing to expect on such a night. There is something here that''s disturbing; a sort of suppressed struggle. I''ve never in my life seen anything so irresponsible as this girl, or so uncompromising... John Galsworthy, Books, Fiction and Literature, Villa Rubein, And Other Stories Books>Fiction and Literature, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781443234207

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ISBN: 9781443234207

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