The Dark Flower by John Galsworthy
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"Oh!" He looked up at her then, sidelong. The curve of her cheek and chin looked very soft, and rather jolly. "I didn't know you, you know!" he said. "You've grown up so awfully." "I knew you at once. Your voice is still furry." There was another silence, till she said: "He does pull, rather--doesn't he, going home?" "Shall I drive?" "Yes, please." He stood up and took the reins, and she slipped past under them in front of him; her hair smelt exactly like hay, as she was softly bumped against him. She kept regarding him steadily with very blue eyes, now that she was relieved of driving. "Cicely was afraid you weren't coming," she said suddenly. "What sort of people are those old Stormers?" He felt himself grow very red, choked something down, and answered: |
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