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” “Will you tell me,” Sir John said ponderously, “by what right you call that young lady—la petite Pellissier? I should be glad to know how you dare to allude to her in a public place in such a disrespectful manner!” Drummond looked at him and smiled. He filled her glass with champagne. The soi-disant Valade held the centre of the room now, only an uncovered but closed card-table, its surface dusty, between him and the suite at the fireplace. Even her memories of he who had frequented her life for the longest period of years were worn and fading. In a side-glance—for the floor was variously encumbered with overturned objects—he saw one of his paper weights, a coloured glass ball such as McClintock used in trade. She was still more stirred by the idea of the equal citizenship of men and women, by the realization that a big and growing organization of women were giving form and a generalized expression to just that personal pride, that aspiration for personal freedom and respect which had brought her to London; but when she heard Miss Miniver discoursing on the next step in the suffrage campaign, or read of women badgering Cabinet Ministers, padlocked to railings, or getting up in a public meeting to pipe out a demand for votes and be carried out kicking and screaming, her soul revolted. But with the skill of a fencer he met the blow and broke it, seizing the wrist. There was no one at home, and I was coming away when I saw that the door was open. Melusine fetched her stool and plonked it down next to her great-aunt’s chair. The picture of her flashed across the doctor's vision magically. The act was mechanical, a bit of sparring for time: his anger was searching about for a new vent.
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