to appear more disarmed and defenceless. \"Oh, Monsieur—\"
\"I can't imagine,\" Archer continued, \"why you should have come to me when there are others so much nearer to the Countess; still less why you thought I should be more accessible to the arguments I suppose you were sent over with.\"
M. Riviere took this onslaught with a disconcerting humility. \"The arguments I want to present to you, Monsieur, are my own and not those I was sent over with.\"
to appear more disarmed and defenceless. \"Oh, Monsieur—\"
\"I can't imagine,\" Archer continued, \"why you should have come to me when there are others so much nearer to the Countess; still less why you thought I should be more accessible to the arguments I suppose you were sent over with.\"
M. Riviere took this onslaught with a disconcerting humility. \"The arguments I want to present to you, Monsieur, are my own and not those I was sent over with.\"
