That day Gerald had brought her to this
excessively careful house, where she had felt very much alone and very unlike
herself. The old man Pottiswick, still grumbling, much to Melusine’s disgust, had
gone on his errand to his daughter’s house some two miles distant. ”
“Annabel’s real reason for wishing to leave Paris, the real reason she married Sir
John Ferringhall, was because of a very foolish thing which she did. “You propose, then,” she remarked, “that I shall still be saddled with a pseudo
husband. Under the circumstances you must permit me to be the best judge of
the identity of the young lady who did me the honour, as an old family friend, of
dining with me. ‘But for how long?’ Lady Bicknacre asked apprehensively. Ah Cum explained. “What did you say?”
“Well, I considered myself justified in denying it,” Anna answered drily. Intelligence was the currency in Athens, and anyone who
displayed great knowledge ascended to the top, no matter
what his former circumstances. “It’s magnificent!” He leaned back and regarded her with his head a little on
one side. I shall now be able to test
my skill. Only of course I must begin
something else at once. For the rest, she derived her
ideas of the married state from the observed behavior of married women, which
impressed her in Morningside Park as being tied and dull and inelastic in
comparison with the life of the young, and from a remarkably various reading
among books. As
she hoisted her skirts near her waist, she thought ruefully
of the last time she had worn such an elaborate gown,
sometime near 1910 when petticoats were still considered
hip everyday garb. I don’t half disagree with you, Vee, really; only thing is, I don’t see how
you’re going to pull it off.
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