Under a Charm, A Novel, Vol. II
Under a Charm, A Novel, Vol. II
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hand to the new-comer as she spoke, with an enchanting smile and the most perfect ease of manner.
Waldemar bowed to his beautiful cousin with measured formality. He seemed not to notice the proffered hand, or to have heard the gracious, familiar little address, for without a syllable of reply he turned to Morynski.
"I hope I am not driving you away, Count. As, for the time being, I am only my mother's guest, we are both in similar case."
The Count seemed agreeably impressed by this politeness, of which he had not thought his nephew capable. He answered pleasantly, while Wanda stood by mute, with lips tightly pressed together. She had proposed to herself to meet her young relation with the unembarrassed demeanour of a woman of the world, generously to spare him a painful reminiscence by herself altogether ignoring it; and now she must endure to see her ease of manner unremarked, her generosity repelled. That glance of icy indifference showed her that Waldemar, though he had forgotten the o
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