Opis: Madcap Violet - Black William

Excerpt from Madcap Violet: A Novel

There was a great silence in the school-room. A young girl of sixteen or seventeen, tall and strikingly handsome in figure, with abundant masses of raven-black hair, dark eyes under darker eyelashes, and proud and well-cut lips, walked up to the school-mistress's table. There was scarcely any thing of malice or mischief visible in the bold carelessness of her face.

The school-mistress looked up from some accounts she had been studying.

"Well, Miss North" she said, with marked surprise.

"I have a question to ask, if you please, Miss Main," said the handsome young lady, with great coolness and deliberation (and all the school was now listening intently). "I wish to ask what sort of society we are expected to meet when we go abroad, and whether foreigners are in the habit of using language which is not usually applied to ladies in this country. Half an hour ago, when we were having our German conversation with Dr. Siedl, he made use of a very odd phrase, and I believe it was addressed to me. He said, 'You devil!' I only wish to ask, Miss Main, whether we must be prepared to hear such phrases in the conversation of foreigners."

The school-mistress's thin, gray, care-worn face grew red with mortification. Yet, what could she do There was nothing openly rebellious in the demeanor of this incorrigible girl - nothing, indeed, but a cool impertinence, which was outwardly most respectful.

"You may return to your seat, Miss North," she said, rising. "I will inquire into this matter at once."

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Szczegóły: Madcap Violet - Black William

Nazwa: Madcap Violet A Novel (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Black William
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330242841
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 438
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

Recenzje: Madcap Violet - Black William