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8. Full Moon | H. G. [Herbert George] Wells | |
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He had come round a corner at five and twenty miles an hour and had stopped his spark and pulled up neatly within a yard of the fore-wheel of a waggon that was turning in the road so as to block the way completely. "That almost had me. . . . "And now you feel better?" said Miss Grammont. "Ever so much," said Sir Richmond and chuckled. The waggoner cleared the road and the car started up again. For a minute or so neither spoke. "You ought to be smacked hard for that outbreak,--my dear," said Miss Grammont. "I ought--MY dear. I have no right to be ill-tempered. We two are among the supremely fortunate ones of our time. We have no excuse for misbehaviour. Got nothing to grumble at. Always I am lucky. THAT--with the waggon--was a very near thing. God spoils us. |
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