The Woman in White

while you speak? Even this light is too much for them. Yes?”

“I was about to say that the drawings are well worth all the time and trouble----”

Mr. Fairlie suddenly opened his eyes again, and rolled them with an expression of helpless alarm in the direction of the window.

“I entreat you to excuse me, Mr. Hartright,” he said in a feeble flutter. “But surely I hear some horrid children in the garden— my private garden—below?”


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while you speak? Even this light is too much for them. Yes?”

“I was about to say that the drawings are well worth all the time and trouble----”

Mr. Fairlie suddenly opened his eyes again, and rolled them with an expression of helpless alarm in the direction of the window.

“I entreat you to excuse me, Mr. Hartright,” he said in a feeble flutter. “But surely I hear some horrid children in the garden— my private garden—below?”


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