The Laughing Girl; A Novel
by Robert William Chambers (9781150624285)

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1918 Original Publisher: D. Appleton and company Subjects: Fiction / General Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary Fiction / Romance / General Fiction / Romance / Contemporary Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Ill IN THE CELLAB SHE was peeling potatoes in the kitchen when I entered; -- she did it as daintily, as leisurely as though she were a young princess preparing pomegranates -- But this sort of simile wouldn't do and I promptly pulled myself together, frowning. Hearing me she looked up with a rather sweet confused little smile as though aroused from thoughts intimate but remote. Doubtless she was thinking of some peasant suitor somewhere -- some strapping, yodling, ham-fisted, bull-necked mountaineer "I have come to confer with you on business," said I, forestalling with a courteous gesture any intention she might have had to arise out of deference to my presence. I admit I observed no such intention. On the contrary she remained undisturbed, continuing leisurely her culinary occupation, and regarding me with that engaging little half-smile which seemed to be a permanent part of her expression -- I pulled myself together. "My child," said I pleasantly, "what is your name?" "Thusis," she replied. "Thusis ? Quite unusual, -- hum-hum -- quite exotic. And then -- hum-hum -- what is the remainder of jour name, Thusis ?" "There isn't any more, Monsieur." "Only Thusis?" "Only Thusis." "You're -- hum-hum -- very young, aren't you, Thusis ?" "Yes, I am." "You cook very well." "Thank you." "Well, Thusis," I said, "I suppose when Mr. Schmitz engaged you to come up here, he told you ' what are the conditions and what vexatious...

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