C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson

Name: The Motor Maid — Chapter 21
Author: C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson

The Motor Maid — Chapter 21 (1910)

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“The Motor Maid — Chapter 21”, published in 1910, is a work by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson. It explores elements such as Lady Turnour, Samuel and gorge.

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C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson, The Motor Maid — Chapter 21 (1910)

“ Enemie," said Mr. Dane. "Don't you remember about her—'King Dagobert's daughter, ill-fated and fair to look upon?' Well, at this village of hers we must either light our lamps or rest for the night, which ever Sir Samuel—I mean her ladyship—decides."
So he stopped, in a little town which looked a place of fairy enchantment under the moon. And as the song of the motor changed into jogging prose with the putting on of the brakes, open flew the door of an inn. Nothing could ever have looked half so attractive as the rosy glow of the picture suddenly revealed. ”

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C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson, The Motor Maid — Chapter 21 (1910)

“ There was no fire in the fireplace, nor, by the prim look of it, had there ever been one in the half century or so since necessity called for an inn to be built.
I snatched from the chair a waistcoat tangled up in some suspenders, and Lady Turnour, flinging herself down in her furs, burst out crying like a cross child.
"If this is what you call adventure, Samuel, I hate it," she whimpered. "You would bring me motoring! I want a fire. I want hot water. I want them now. And I want the room cleared and all these awful things taken away this instant. I don't consider them decent. ”

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C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson, The Motor Maid — Chapter 21 (1910)

“ It was easier to say we ought to go, however, than to induce Lady Turnour to get into the car again, after all she had endured, and after that "bearding" which evidently rankled still. She had not forgiven the chauffeur for the courage which for her was merely obstinacy and impudence, nor her husband for encouraging him; but the glow of the cordial in her veins warmed the cockles of her heart in spite of herself (I should think her heart was all cockles, if they are as bristly as they sound) ”

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C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson, The Motor Maid — Chapter 21 (1910)

“ And what a wild region it looked as we and the Aigle were swallowed up in the yawning mouth of the gorge!
In an every-day world, above and outside, no doubt it was sunset, as on other evenings which we had known and might know again; but this hidden, underground country had no place in an every-day world. ”

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C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson, The Motor Maid — Chapter 21 (1910)

“ Involuntarily I shrank back against the cushions, bit my lip, and had to force myself not to catch at the arm of the seat in those giddy seconds when it felt as if we were dropping from sky to earth in a leaky balloon; but if the blood in your veins has been put there by decent ancestors who trail gloriously in a long line behind you, I suppose it 's easier for you not to be a coward than it is for people like the Turnours, who have to be their own ancestors, or buy them at auctions. ”

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C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson, The Motor Maid — Chapter 21 (1910)

“ There were fantastic villages, too, whose builders and inhabitants must have drawn their architectural inspiration from strange mountain forms and groupings, after the fashion of those small animals who defend themselves by looking as much as possible like their surroundings. ”

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C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson, The Motor Maid — Chapter 21 (1910)

“ The chauffeur jumped down, and respectfully inquired the wishes of his passengers. Would they remain here, if there were rooms to be had, and take a boat in the morning to make the famous descent of the Tarn, while the car went on to meet them at Le Rosier, at the end of the Gorge? Or would they, in spite of the darkness, risk ⸺"
"We 'll risk nothing," Lady Turnour promptly cut him short. "We 've run risks to-day till I feel as if I 'd been in my grave and pulled out again. No more for me, by dark, thank you, if I have to sleep in the car!" ”

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C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson, The Motor Maid — Chapter 21 (1910)

“ It 's that or the motor, since you won't risk ⸺"
"Oh, very well, then, I suppose it can't kill me!" groaned the bride, stepping out of the car as if from tumbril to scaffold.
What a way to take an adorable adventure! I was sorry for Sir Samuel, but dimly I felt that I ought to be still sorrier for a woman temperamentally unable to enjoy anything as it ought to be enjoyed. ”

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