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M. Delabordeau declared that he did not see any reason why it should.
"I am passionately anxious to stand upon Mount Sinai," continued Miss Dawkins; "to press with my feet the earliest spot in sacred history, of the identity of which we are certain; to feel within me the awe- inspiring thrill of that thrice sacred hour!"
The Frenchman looked as though he did not quite understand her, ...
Anthony Trollope - An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids
An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids
Anthony Trollope
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M. Delabordeau declared that he did not see any reason why it should.
"I am passionately anxious to stand upon Mount Sinai," continued Miss Dawkins; "to press with my feet the earliest spot in sacred history, of the identity of which we are certain; to feel within me the awe- inspiring thrill of that thrice sacred hour!"
The Frenchman looked as though he did not quite understand her, but he said that it would be magnifique.
"You have already made up your party I suppose, M. Delabordeau?"
M. Delabordeau gave the names of two Frenchmen and one Englishman who were going with him.
"Upon my word it is a great temptation to join you," said Miss Dawkins, "only for that horrid Englishman."
"Vat, Mr. Stanley?"