The Virgin and Child with St Anne
'You don't know what he is!' replied my aunt. 'You don't know who he is! You don't know what you say!' ¡¡¡¡We had stopped in an empty door-way, while this was passing, and he had stopped too. ¡¡¡¡'Don't look at him!' said my aunt, as I turned my head indignantly, 'but get me a coach, my dear, and wait for me in St. Paul's Churchyard.' ¡¡¡¡'Wait for you?' I replied. ¡¡¡¡'Yes,' rejoined my aunt. 'I must go alone. I must go with him.' ¡¡¡¡'With him, aunt? This man?' ¡¡¡¡'I am in my senses,' she replied, 'and I tell you I must. Get mea coach!'
¡¡¡¡However much astonished I might be, I was sensible that I had no right to refuse compliance with such a peremptory command. I hurried away a few paces, and called a hackney-chariot which was passing empty. Almost before I could let down the steps, my aunt sprang in, I don't know how, and the man followed. She waved her hand to me to go away, so earnestly, that, all confounded as I was, I turned from them at once. In doing so, I heard her say to the coachman, 'Drive anywhere! Drive straight on!' and presently the chariot passed me, going up the hill.
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The Virgin and Child with St Anne"
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