Hi,
The quote is from the story "Morlvera" by H. H. Munro.
Victor's mother made his son to take a present for Victor's cousin. Victor does not like his cousin. But for some reason he yielded.
How can one "accept defeat with a contemptuous good grace" ? It sounds containing contradiction.
Thank you.
Emmeline and Bert were just moving away from the window when Morlvera made her exit from the shop, very carefully in Victor's arms. A look of sinister triumph seemed to glow in her hard, inquisitorial face. As for Victor, a certain scornful serenity had replaced the earlier scowls; he had evidently accepted defeat with a contemptuous good grace.
The quote is from the story "Morlvera" by H. H. Munro.
Victor's mother made his son to take a present for Victor's cousin. Victor does not like his cousin. But for some reason he yielded.
How can one "accept defeat with a contemptuous good grace" ? It sounds containing contradiction.
Thank you.
Emmeline and Bert were just moving away from the window when Morlvera made her exit from the shop, very carefully in Victor's arms. A look of sinister triumph seemed to glow in her hard, inquisitorial face. As for Victor, a certain scornful serenity had replaced the earlier scowls; he had evidently accepted defeat with a contemptuous good grace.