To the practised eye of the waterman matters wore a very different
air. Pah! Damned Frenchified—’
‘If you say again,’ threatened Melusine, moving to meet him like a jungle cat
poised for the kill, ‘this scorn of a thing French, monsieur le baron, I shall be
compelled to give you this apoplexy of which she speaks, madame. A few days ago I saw him leave your
house. In
remote times and countries its evil tendencies had expressed themselves in the
form of tyrannies, massacres, wars, and what not; but just at present in England
they shaped as commercialism and competition, silk hats, suburban morals, the
sweating system, and the subjection of women. "
"He couldn't help it, Ruth. In a second the glass lay shattered
upon the carpet. I can see that you were somebody, in another day. A woman was born to have children, particularly
male children. “Who’ll
mind the baby nar?” was one of the night’s inspirations, and very frequent. "
So Ruth heard about the poets; she became tolerably familiar with the exploits of
that engaging ruffian Cellini; she heard of the pathetic deafness of Beethoven;
she was thrilled, saddened, exhilarated; and on the evening of the twelfth day she
made bold to enter the talk.
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