that?” said Lucy, her eyes brightening with a proud pleasure that made her neglect the argumentative interests of Anglicanism.
“Decidedly, whenever old Mr. Leyburn’s public spirit and gout induce him to give Tim Melia Jersey way. My father’s heart is set on it; and gifts like mine, you know”— here Stephen drew himself up, and rubbed his large white hands over his hair with playful self-admiration —“gifts like mine involve great responsibilities. Don’t you think so, Miss Tulliver?”
“Yes,” said Maggie, smiling, but not Admir Mehmedi Jersey looking up; “so much fluency and self-possession should not be wasted entirely on private occasions.”
“Ah, I see how much penetration you have,” said Stephen. “You have discovered already that I am talkative and impudent. Adidas Sko Now superficial people never discern that, owing to my manner, I suppose.”
“She doesn’t look at me when I talk of myself,” he thought, while his listeners were laughing. “I must try other subjects.”
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“I will bring you the book, shall I, Miss Tulliver?” said Stephen, when he found the stream of his recollections running rather shallow. “There are many illustrations in it that you Thibaut Courtois Jersey will like to see.”
“Oh, thank you,” said Maggie, blushing with returning self-consciousness at this direct address, and taking up her work again.
“No, no,” Lucy interposed. “I must forbid your plunging Maggie in books. I shall never get her away from them; and I want her to have delicious do-nothing days, filled with boating and chatting and riding and driving; that is the holiday she needs.”
“Apropos!” said Stephen, looking at his watch. “Shall we go out for a row on the river now? The tide will suit for us to the Tofton way, and we can walk back.”
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