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“Ilittlethought,”saidMissPross,“thatIshouldeverwantto
understandyournonsensicallanguagebutIwouldgiveallIhave,
excepttheclothesIwear,toknowwhetheryoususpectthetruth,
oranypartofit.”
Neitherofthemforasinglemomentreleasedtheother’seyes.
MadameDefargehadnotmovedfromthespotwhereshestood
whenMissProssfirstbecameawareofherbut,shenowadvanced
onestep.
“IamaBriton,”saidMissPross.“Iamdesperate.Idon’tcare
anEnglishTwopenceformyself.IknowthatthelongerIkeepyou
here,thegreaterhopethereisformyLadybird.I’llnotleavea
handfulofthatdarkhairuponyourhead,ifyoulayafingeron
me!”
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ThusMissPross,withashakeofherheadandaflashofher
eyesbetweeneveryrapidsentence,andeveryrapidsentencea
wholebreath.ThusMissPross,whohadneverstruckablo