Great Possessions by Mrs. Wilfrid Ward
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reflection. And please mark one thing, young lady; her models are
all good women--very good women--and that's not a point to be overlooked.' "I told him--I could not help it--how funny she had been yesterday, talking of going to early church. 'I do love the little birds quite early,' she said, 'and one can see the changes of the season even in London, going every day, you know, and one feels so full of hope walking in the early morning fasting, and hope is next to charity, isn't it?--though, of course, not so great.' "And she has been out in the shut motor exactly once in the early morning since I came up, and she knew that I knew it. "However, Sir Edmund maintained that, at the moment, Adela quite believed she went out early every day, and I am not sure he is not right. But then, you see, Carey, that with her power of believing what she likes, and of intriguing without knowing it, I am not quite sure that she will last very well. She might get tired of me--quite believe I had done something which I had not done at all! And then the innocent little intrigues might become less amusing to me than to other people. However, I believe I am useful for the present, and the life here suits me on the whole. But I will report again soon if the symptoms become more unfavourable, and ask your opinion as to my plans for the season if the Delaport Green alliance breaks down before then. "Yours affectionately, "MOLLY DEXTER." |
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