第274章

关灯
    hundredthousandguineastomydarling,”saidMissPross. MadameDefargemadeatthedoor.MissPross,ontheinstinct ofthemoment,seizedherroundthewaistinbothherarms,and heldhertight.ItwasinvainforMadameDefargetostruggleand tostrikeMissPross,withthevigoroustenacityoflove,alwaysso muchstrongerthanhate,claspedhertight,andevenliftedher fromthefloorinthestrugglethattheyhad.Thetwohandsof MadameDefargebuffetedandtoreherfacebut,MissPross,with herheaddown,heldherroundthewaist,andclungtoherwith morethantheholdofadrowningwoman. Soon,MadameDefarge’shandsceasedtostrike,andfeltather encircledwaist.“Itisundermyarm,”saidMissPross,in smotheredtones,“youshallnotdrawit.Iamstrongerthanyou,I blessHeavenforit.I’llholdyoutilloneorotherofusfaintsor dies!” MadameDefarge’shandswereatherbosom.MissProsslooked up,sawwhatitwas,struckatit,struckoutaflashandacrash,and