one in the morning
Was his manner merely languid , or was it from him that the emotion she felt invading herself first started ? She tried to shake it off . ` And _ I _ am just a bundle of wants , ' she said , half-mockingly . ` Generally speaking , I am in the condition of being ready to barter all I have for some folly or other -- one in the morning another in the afternoon . What have you to say to such people , Mr. Langham ? Her eyes challenged him magnificently , mostly out of sheer nervousness . But the face they rested on seemed suddenly to turn to stone before her .