"Don't do that, miss--you
won't care for it at all." Then as she waveringly stood her ground,
"It's not a place for a young lady, nor, if you'll believe me, a sight
for them as are in any way affected."

Fleda by this time knew in what way she was affected: she became limp
and weak again; she felt herself give everything up. Mixed with the
horror, with the kindness of the station-master, with the smell of
cinders and the riot of sound, was the raw bitterness of a hope that she
might never again in life have to give up so much at such short notice.
She heard herself repeat mechanically, yet as if asking it for the first
time: "Poynton's _gone_?"

The man hesitated. "What can you call it, miss, if it ain't really
saved?"

A minute later she had returned with him to the waiting-room, where, in
the thick swim of things, she saw something like the disk of a clock.
"Is there an up-train?" she asked.

"In seven minutes."

She came out on the platform: everywhere she met the smoke. She covered
her face with her hands. "I'll go back."

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RODERICK HUDSON. A Novel.

THE AMERICAN. A Novel.

THE EUROPEANS. A Novel.

CONFIDENCE. A Novel.

THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY.

THE AUTHOR OF BELTRAFFIO. Including also Pandora; Georgina's Reasons;
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THE SIEGE OF LONDON. Including also The Pension Beaurepas; The Point of
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TALES OF THREE CITIES. Including The Impressions of a Cousin; Lady
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A LITTLE TOUR IN FRANCE.

PORTRAITS OF PLACES.

DAISY MILLER. A Comedy.

THE TRAGIC MUSE. 2 vols.

WATCH AND WARD. A Novel.

THE SPOILS OF POYNTON. A Novel.

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