| word looked up : | home / archive |
DisIn Roman mythology, Dis was an alternate name for Hades.In Celtic mythology, Dis was the Roman name assigned to the supreme god of the Celts by Julius Caesar. Nobody knows which Celtic god this refers to. second childhood for the moment, like old Timothy--eating its titbit
come in.
"So you're back!" he said.
Fleur did not answer; she stood for a moment looking at him and her
cup of tea.
"I am going to Paris, to my mother.html">mother.html">mother, Soames." "Oh! To your mother?"
"Yes."
"For how long?"
"I do not know."
"And when are you going?"
"On Monday."
Was she really going to her mother? Odd, how indifferent he felt!
long as there was no scandal. And suddenly between her and himself
darkened lashes, said:
"Shall I give Maman any message?"
"My regards."
Annette stretched herself, her hands on her waist, and said in
too left the room. Soames was glad she had spoken it in French--it
dark-eyed, beautiful still! And there stirred far down.html">down within him
flaky ash. And Fleur infatuated with her boy! Queer chance.html">chance! Yet,
fell on his head. Ah! that was chance, no doubt. But this!
PART III
Twofold impulse had made Jolyon say to his wife at breakfast
during the sixty hours since Jon had brought Fleur down. "Wanted"--
might lose them any day!
Fifty-eight years ago Jolyon had become an Eton boy, for old Jolyon's
expense. Year after year he had gone to Lord's from Stanhope Gate
without polish in the game of cricket. Old Jolyon would speak quite
young Jolyon with the guileless snobbery of youth had trembled lest
he had been nervous, for his father.html">father--in Crimean whiskers then--had
himself, Old Jolyon's natural fastidiousness and balance had saved
top hat and a sweltering heat, to go home with his father in a hansom
. All is still licensed under the GNU FDL.
|
|
|||||