Read "Olivia" by Charles Garvice online for free on Textopian. Full text with search, annotations, highlights, and AI-powered reading aids.
The words and action of the woman were unnoticed in the excitement, and she slipped back behind the crowd and was instantly swallowed up.
Mr. Bartley Bradstone's face could not have looked whiter than it had done, and after the first start of alarm as the flowers struck him in the face, and the woman's mocking voice rang in his ears, he collected himself sufficiently to force a smile, which he bestowed upon the lines of people.