Edith Nesbit

Name: The Incomplete Amorist — Chapter XIV: Renunciation
Author: Edith Nesbit

The Incomplete Amorist — Chapter XIV: Renunciation (1906)

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“The Incomplete Amorist — Chapter XIV: Renunciation”, published in 1906, is a work by Edith Nesbit. It explores elements such as Vernon, Betty and Paula.

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Edith Nesbit, The Incomplete Amorist — Chapter XIV: Renunciation (1906)

“ I've no time for fool talk," she said.
"Sit down," said Vernon. "First I want to thank you for the care you've taken of Miss Desmond, and for all your kindness and goodness to her."
"Oh!" was all Paula could say. She had expected something so different. "I don't see what business it is of yours, though," she added next moment.
"Only that she's alone here, and I'm the only person she knows in Paris. And I know, much better than she does, all that you've done for her sake."
"I did it for my own sake. It was no end of a lark," said Paula eagerly, "that little dull pious life. ”

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Edith Nesbit, The Incomplete Amorist — Chapter XIV: Renunciation (1906)

“ She'd go to the devil her own way. And she's gone."
"Can't something be done?" said Vernon.
"I've tried all I know. You can save a woman who doesn't know where she's going. Not one who knows and means to go. Besides, she's been at it six months; she's past reclaiming now."
"I wonder," said Vernon—and his sneer had gone and he looked ten years younger—"I wonder whether anybody's past reclaiming? Do you think I am? Or you?"
The other stared at him.
"Well," Vernon's face aged again instantly, "the thing is: we've got to find the woman."
"To get her to go back and live with that innocent girl?" ”

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Edith Nesbit, The Incomplete Amorist — Chapter XIV: Renunciation (1906)

“ If you're half a man you won't undo my one little bit of work."
"What do you mean?"
"You know well enough what I mean. Let the girl alone."
He leaned forward, and spoke very earnestly. "Look here," he said, "I won't jaw. But this about you and her—well, it's made a difference to me that I can't explain. And I wouldn't own that to anyone but her friend. I mean to be a friend to her too, a good friend. No nonsense."
"Swear it by God in Heaven," she said fiercely.
"I do swear it," he said, "by God in Heaven. And I can't tell her you've gone to the devil. You must write to her. ”

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Edith Nesbit, The Incomplete Amorist — Chapter XIV: Renunciation (1906)

“ Paula leaned her elbows on the table and her chin on her hands.
"You're not like most men," she said; "you make me out better than I am. That's not the usual mistake. Yes, it was all that, partly. And I should have liked to stay—for ever and ever—if I could. ”

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Edith Nesbit, The Incomplete Amorist — Chapter XIV: Renunciation (1906)

“ Calling you her girl-friend—"
"Shut up, will you?"
"And thinking she had created a new heaven and a new earth for you. Silly sentimental little school-girl!"
"Will you hold your tongue?"
"So long, Lottie," cried the girl of her party; "we're off to the Bullier. You've got better fish to fry, I see."
"Yes," said Paula with sudden effrontery; "perhaps we'll look in later."
The others laughed and went.
"Now," she said, turning furiously on Vernon, "will you go? Or shall I? I don't want any more of you." ”

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Edith Nesbit, The Incomplete Amorist — Chapter XIV: Renunciation (1906)

“ This was the letter that Paula wrote in Vernon's studio, among the half-empty cups and the scattered plates with cake-crumbs on them.
"My Dear Little Betty:
"I must leave without saying good-bye, and I shall never see you again. My father has taken me back. I wrote to him and he came and found me. He has forgiven me everything, only I have had to promise never to speak to anyone I knew in Paris. It is all your doing, dear. God bless you. You have saved me. I shall pray for you every day as long as I live.
"Your poor ⁠
"Paula." ”

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Edith Nesbit, The Incomplete Amorist — Chapter XIV: Renunciation (1906)

“ Bah! She talks of the woman as the only girl friend she's ever had. And the woman's probably gone off with her watch and chain and a collection of light valuables. Only I couldn't tell Miss Desmond that. So I promised to try and find the woman. She's a thorough bad lot. I've run up against her once or twice with chaps I know."
"She's not that sort," said Temple. "I know her fairly well."
"What—Sir Galahad? Oh, I won't ask inconvenient questions." Vernon's sneer was not pretty. ”

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Edith Nesbit, The Incomplete Amorist — Chapter XIV: Renunciation (1906)

“ Lie down, and make yourself read. I'll get back as soon as I can. Good-bye." There was something further that wanted to get itself said, but the words that came nearest to expressing it were "God bless you,"—and he did not say them. ”

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