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Prayer Book says? So, instead of slipping away unperceived, and hiding behind a bush to try and have a glimpse at the mouth from which the rill escaped, I foolishly remained stock still—speechless, dumbfoundered. It was only when she lifted up her eyes that I recovered the use of my tongue.
"'Oh, mademoiselle! pardon!' said I; 'but really I did not know that you were here—that is to say that'
"'Sot—stupide—imbecile—bête—animal!" quoth she, with quite a French volubility, rising and getting as red as a peony. Then she turned her back upon me, but only to face the wandering old maid, who appeared at the other end of the avenue, and who greeted her with a prolonged 'Oh!' that sounded like the blast of a fog-trumpet."
"And"
"And the only love I ever had for a woman thus came to an end."
