| Author: | Stanley John Weyman | ISBN: | 9781554459629 |
| Publisher: | Release Date: November 10, 2011 | Publication: | November 10, 2011 |
| Imprint: | eBooksLib.com | Language: | English |
| Author: | Stanley John Weyman |
| ISBN: | 9781554459629 |
| Publisher: | Release Date: November 10, 2011 |
| Publication: | November 10, 2011 |
| Imprint: | eBooksLib.com |
| Language: | English |
There were a score round us when the fool, little knowing the man with whom he had to deal, and as little how to lose like a gentleman, flung the words in my teeth. He thought, I'll be sworn, that I should storm and swear and ruffle it like any common cock of the hackle. But that was never Gil de Berault's way. For a few seconds after he had spoken I did not even look at him. I passed my eye instead - smiling, BIEN ENTENDU - round the ring of waiting faces, saw that there was no one except De Pombal I had cause to fear; and then at last I rose and looked at the fool with the grim face I have known impose on older and wiser men
There were a score round us when the fool, little knowing the man with whom he had to deal, and as little how to lose like a gentleman, flung the words in my teeth. He thought, I'll be sworn, that I should storm and swear and ruffle it like any common cock of the hackle. But that was never Gil de Berault's way. For a few seconds after he had spoken I did not even look at him. I passed my eye instead - smiling, BIEN ENTENDU - round the ring of waiting faces, saw that there was no one except De Pombal I had cause to fear; and then at last I rose and looked at the fool with the grim face I have known impose on older and wiser men
