She wished to-morrow would arrive, for she
felt eager to begin work, and see the horses. She had quite forgotten
all about Emile's promised visit, and was just pulling down the rest of
her hair preparatory to getting ready for bed, when he walked in
without any preliminary knock.
"How are you getting on? All right?" Then after a momentary
inspection of the many garments that festooned the dirty walls, he
added: "I don't think you've got very good taste in clothes!"
CHAPTER II
"All women are good; good for something, or good for nothing."
CERVANTES.
The next morning Emile made his entrance with the same complete
disregard of ceremony. Arithelli was still in bed and only half awake.
She raised herself slightly and looked at him with sleepy eyes.
"Oh!" she said. "I didn't hear you knock."
There was the same entire lack of embarrassment in her manner that she
had shown on the previous night. Almost before she had finished her
sentence she shut her eyes again, and leant back yawning. It seemed a
matter of the greatest indifference to her whether he was there or not.
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