was about a little black spaniel — a rare bit o’ breed — as he made a fuss to get. But since then summat’s come over him, as he’s set his teeth again’ things more nor iver, for all he’s had such good luck. An’ I wanted to tell you,CG Dame Victoria Parka Norge Salg, Miss, ‘cause I thought you might work it out of him a bit,CG Dame Victoria Parka, now you’re come. He’s a deal too lonely,Menn Moncler Eric Norge Salg, and doesn’t go into company enough.”
“I’m afraid I have very little power over him, Bob,” said Maggie, a good deal moved by Bob’s suggestion. It was a totally new idea to her mind that Tom could have his love troubles. Poor fellow! — and in love with Lucy too! But it was perhaps a mere fancy of Bob’s too officious brain. The present of the dog meant nothing more than cousinship and gratitude. But Bob had already said, “Here’s Mr. Tom,” and the outer door was opening.
“There is no time to spare, Tom,” said Maggie, as soon as Bob left the room. “I must tell you at once what I came about, else I shall be hindering you from taking your dinner.”
Tom stood with his back against the chimney-piece, and Maggie was seated opposite the light. He noticed that she was tremulous, and he had a presentiment of the subject she was going to speak about. The presentiment made his voice colder and harder as he said, “What is it?”
This tone roused a spirit of resistance in Maggie, and she put her request in quite a different form from the one she had predetermined on. She rose from her seat, and looking straight at Tom, said —
“I want you to absolve me from my promise about Philip Wakem. Or rather, I promised you not to see him without telling you. I am come to tell you that I wish to see him.”
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But Maggie had hardly finished speaking in that chill, defiant manner,Dame Moncler Aminta, before she repented, and felt the dread of alienation from her brother.
“Not for myself,Maillot Kagawa Pas Cher, dear Tom. Don’t be angry. I shouldn’t have asked it,Dame Moncler Safran, only that Philip,Dame Moncler Flavienne Norge Salg, you know, is a friend of Lucy’s and she wishes him to come, has invited him to come this evening; and I told her I couldn’t see him without telling you. I shall only see him in the presence of other people. There will never be anything secret between us again.”
Tom looked away from Maggie,CG Dame Hybridge Lite Jakke, knitting his brow more strongly for a little while. Then he turned to her and said,Menn Moncler Baptiste Norge Salg, slowly and emphatically —
“You know what is my feeling on that subject, Maggie. There is no need for my repeating anything I said a year ago. While my father was living,Japon Pas Cher, I felt bound to use the utmost power over you,Maillot Pulisic Pas Cher, to prevent you from disgracing him as well as yourself, and all of us. But now I must leave you to your own choice. You wish to be independent; you told me so after my father’s death. My opinion is not changed. If you think of Philip Wakem as a lover again, you must give up me.”
“I don’t wish it, dear Tom, at least as things are; I see that it would lead to misery. But I shall soon go away to another situation, and I should like to be friends with him a
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