“Then what is wrong?”
“Your – sister, who has been – kindness itself – has just said to me that she wants to buy me two more ball gowns to wear at the end of next week.”
As she finished speaking, Hermia seemed to draw in her breath before she added,
“Please – please – don’t think it – ungrateful of me – but could you – instead of spending any more money on gowns for me give – Peter some new c-clothes?”
She did not dare to look at the Marquis in case he was scowling.
Instead she said pleadingly,
“It would not cost you any more and I – can manage perfectly with the gowns I already have – but Peter would give – anything to be dressed like – you.”
Still the Marquis did not reply and now Hermia raised her eyes and he could see how desperately she was beseeching him to understand.
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