Short stories; United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
Her face from being very pale began to flush. First a red spot started
out in either cheek; then they spread till they covered the cheeks; next
her forehead took a roseate hue, and down her neck the tide of color
rushed, and she stood there before him a glowing statue of outraged
womanhood, while in the midst her eyes sparkled with scorn.
“You wanted to cure me,” she said at last, in slow, concentrated tones,
“and you have succeeded. You have insulted me as no woman was ever
insulted before.”
She paused as if to control herself; for her voice trembled with
the last words. She shivered, and her bosom heaved once or twice
convulsively. Her features quivered; scorching tears of shame rushed to
her eyes, and she burst out hysterically:--
“For pity's sake never let me see you again!”
And then he found himself alone.
End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Potts's Painless Cure, by Edward Bellamy
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