Excerpt: ...to talk with him. Pg 93 "Who is that terribly rude person who seems to be frightening every one?" she asked. "He? Oh, that is Dr. Millar, a friend of mine," Karl replied. "Pooh! I don't see why every one seems so afraid of him," Elsa said with a note of challenge in her tone. "I think I shall meet him just to see if he will make me run." "No, no; don't go near him," Karl begged. "And why not? Has he such a sharp tongue or an evil mind? I can take care of myself." "I don't really think you ought to meet him," ...
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Excerpt: ...to talk with him. Pg 93 "Who is that terribly rude person who seems to be frightening every one?" she asked. "He? Oh, that is Dr. Millar, a friend of mine," Karl replied. "Pooh! I don't see why every one seems so afraid of him," Elsa said with a note of challenge in her tone. "I think I shall meet him just to see if he will make me run." "No, no; don't go near him," Karl begged. "And why not? Has he such a sharp tongue or an evil mind? I can take care of myself." "I don't really think you ought to meet him," Karl said, but he spoke without conviction. He suddenly yielded to a curiosity to see what might come of a meeting between Elsa and Millar. "I don't care; I'm going to hunt him up," she cried, jumping up and scampering off. Millar had gone into an anteroom leading out into the beautiful gardens. A number of the company had assembled there as he entered, and it was obvious from the instant silence which ensued that he had been the subject of their discussion. This seemed Pg 94 to gratify his cynical humor, and he looked the assembled men and women
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