She stared at his pleading face. ’ ‘Pah!’ scoffed Melusine. “Much as I hate rows, I’ve either got to make a stand or give in altogether. In fine, to marry Ruth (if she would consent) as a punishment for what he had done! To whip his soul so long as he lived, but to let his body go free! To provide for her, to work and dream for her, to be tender and thoughtful and loyal, to shelter and guard her, to become accountable to God for her future. He touched it again, and this time it was not withdrawn. You appear to be amongst those strong enough in all ordinary matters, but who seem to think it quite natural and proper to give in at once and play the weakling directly—one cares. They were actually pissed at me that I quote broke up with you unquote. The very facts that Miss Miniver never stated an argument clearly, that she was never embarrassed by a sense of self-contradiction, and had little more respect for consistency of statement than a washerwoman has for wisps of vapor, which made Ann Veronica critical and hostile at their first encounter in Morningside Park, became at last with constant association the secret of Miss Miniver’s growing influence. None of this by-play escaped Ruth, whose sense of humour needed no developing. “I wonder,” she said, “why one writes him sentences like that? It’ll have to go,” she decided, “I’ve written too many already. Later, there will be fever, after I've got his heart pumping. Instead, you are willing to go to a place like that where you ought not to be allowed to think of showing yourself. Three little letters can’t make a bit of difference. “Who is the tenant of these rooms?” he inquired.
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