"
answered
The Dancing Master.
Kipling - Poems
Put your things on, there's
a good girl. "
Mrs. Mallowe groaned and obeyed, and the two went off to the Library,
where they found Mrs. Delville and the man who went by the nickname of
The Dancing Master. By that time Mrs Mallowe was awake and eloquent.
"That is the Creature! " said Mrs Hauksbee, with the air of one pointing
out a slug in the road.
"No," said Mrs. Mallowe. "The man is the Creature. Ugh! Good-evening,
Mr. Bent. I thought you were coming to tea this evening. "
"Surely it was for tomorrow, was it not?
" answered The Dancing Master.
"I understood. . . I fancied. . . I'm so sorry. . . How very unfortunate! . . . "
But Mrs. Mallowe had passed on.
a good girl. "
Mrs. Mallowe groaned and obeyed, and the two went off to the Library,
where they found Mrs. Delville and the man who went by the nickname of
The Dancing Master. By that time Mrs Mallowe was awake and eloquent.
"That is the Creature! " said Mrs Hauksbee, with the air of one pointing
out a slug in the road.
"No," said Mrs. Mallowe. "The man is the Creature. Ugh! Good-evening,
Mr. Bent. I thought you were coming to tea this evening. "
"Surely it was for tomorrow, was it not?
" answered The Dancing Master.
"I understood. . . I fancied. . . I'm so sorry. . . How very unfortunate! . . . "
But Mrs. Mallowe had passed on.