Golden Bowl
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- THE GOLDEN BOWL, VOLUME II
- BOOK SECOND: THE PRINCESS
- PART FOURTH
- XXV
- XXVI
- XXVII
- Amerigo thought. "The two of us? Charlotte and I?"
- Maggie again hesitated. "You and I, darling."
- He hung fire but an instant. "Per Dio!"
- XXVIII
- XXIX
- He had hesitated, but only a moment. "I never told you so."
- She had hesitated. "You mean because you do rather like her?"
- XXX
- Fanny hesitated. "Of your father?"
- It kept her friend watching. "Of your husband?"
- Maggie took again a minute. "He has been splendid."
- XXXI
- It made him always grin at her. "Is THAT a lie?"
- XXXII
- XXXIII
- Fanny more deeply wondered, "Never again? Oh--!"
- Maggie waited. "To 'speak'--?"
- Fanny again hesitated. "The Prince made her think--?"
- Mrs. Assingham looked blank. "Since--?"
- Maggie took it in with a long reflection. "Never."
- Her companion held tight to it. "Magnificent."
- Fanny met it again. "On whatever he may offer you. TAKE that."
- XXXIV
- He stared, a little at sea, as he took it up. "Two--?"
- PART FIFTH
- XXXV
- Mrs. Assingham waited. "And that was all?"
- Mrs. Assingham wondered. "But he didn't explain--?"
- Maggie looked at her a minute. "And by letting her."
- Her friend hesitated. "To your father?"
- Fanny Assingham braved it. "For the truth as from him to her?"
- XXXVI
- Maggie summoned all her powers. "What in the world SHOULD it be?"
- XXXVII
- He did his best to do so. "Had, you mean a social situation?"
- Her father again seemed amused at her. "You COULD be--otherwise?"
- At this she helped him out with it. "You won't take it from me?"
- It made her all too finely vibrate. "For 'us'--?"
- XXXVIII
- XXXIX
- Maggie found a faint smile. "Do you really want to--?"
- Maggie continued to look at her. "Is that what I wanted?"
- Maggie again hesitated. "You mean you don't make out Amerigo?"
- But again she denied it. "I know nothing. If I did--!"
- Maggie held her breath. "'Ours'--?"
- PART SIXTH.
- XL
- It drew Mrs. Assingham's wonder. "And what then is the name?"
- Our young woman accepted the expression. "He doesn't funk."
- Maggie looked at her long. "Yes--I help him to do that."
- Oh, Maggie showed that she understood. "Nobody."
- Her companion a moment watched them. But the Prince then--?"
- XLI
- XLII
- She shook her head again. "Oh, still less!"
- The Princess made a movement. "What business is it of yours?"