Jennie About to Be (2016)
“Her heart began to beat in a jumpy, irregular rhythm, causing nausea and breathlessness; the symptoms were stronger now than ever, and she wondered with a resigned acceptance if she were about to drop dead.
She did not. Nigel rode down the small slope, and Dora welcomed Adam again, while the garron watched with good-humored curiosity. Alick sat motionless. Coming to the bum, the gray wanted to drink, and Nigel allowed it. All the while he kept his eyes on Jennie. His face was very flushed a...gain.
“You lied to me,” he said loudly.
“I didn’t lie.” Her answer was quiet; considering the way she felt, it couldn’t be otherwise. “I told you I was not going there, and I didn’t.”
“You will oblige me by returning home at once.”
“I am not in the mood for obliging you, Nigel,” she said equably. “When I am ready, I shall go back.”
The flush darkened.MoreLess
She did not. Nigel rode down the small slope, and Dora welcomed Adam again, while the garron watched with good-humored curiosity. Alick sat motionless. Coming to the bum, the gray wanted to drink, and Nigel allowed it. All the while he kept his eyes on Jennie. His face was very flushed a...gain.
“You lied to me,” he said loudly.
“I didn’t lie.” Her answer was quiet; considering the way she felt, it couldn’t be otherwise. “I told you I was not going there, and I didn’t.”
“You will oblige me by returning home at once.”
“I am not in the mood for obliging you, Nigel,” she said equably. “When I am ready, I shall go back.”
The flush darkened.MoreLess
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