Crazy Radio eBooks

And then"--his voice
dropped, became cold and serious and deadly, like the voice of one
proclaiming a stark truth--"and then, if she understood you, what you
feel, and what you wish, and how you think of her--she would hate you!
How she would hate you!"
He stopped abruptly, staring at Artois, who said nothing.
"Is it not true?" he said.
He got up, taking his hat and stick from the floor.
"You do not know! Well--think! And you will know that it is true. A
rivederci, Emilio!"
His manner had suddenly become almost calm. He turned away and went
towards the door. When he reached it he added:
"To-morrow I shall ask the Signora to allow me to marry the
Signorina."
Then he went out.
The gilt clock on the marble table beneath the mirror struck the half-
hour after one. Artois looked at it and at his watch, comparing them.
The action was mechanical, and unaccompanied by any thought connected
with it. When he put his watch back into his pocket he did not know
whether its hands pointed to half-past one or not.


Pages:
696 697 698 699 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720