"I am so sorry for you,"
Date: Jun 29th, 2008 8:17:02 pm - Subscribe
Mood: enamored
"I am so sorry for you," she said, "but my brothers are
going back to Eton to-morrow, and then, if you behave yourself, no one will
annoy you."
"It is absurd asking me to behave myself," he answered,
looking round in astonishment at the pretty little girl who had ventured to
address him, "quite absurd. I must rattle my chains, and groan through
keyholes, and walk about at night, if that is what you mean. It is my only
reason for existing."