And how can I
get into one brief letter the complex accumulated desires of what is now, I find
on reference to my diary, nearly sixteen months of letting my mind run on you—
ever since that jolly party at Surbiton, where we raced and beat the other boat. Ann Veronica was much impressed by a mighty trying on and altering and
fussing about Alice’s “things”—Alice was being re-costumed from garret to
cellar, with a walking-dress and walking-boots to measure, and a bride’s costume
of the most ravishing description, and stockings and such like beyond the dreams
of avarice—and a constant and increasing dripping into the house of irrelevant
remarkable objects, such as—
Real lace bedspread;
Gilt travelling clock;
Ornamental pewter plaque;
Salad bowl (silver mounted) and servers;
Madgett’s “English Poets” (twelve volumes), bound purple morocco;
Etc. ‘Where is Gérard?’
‘Out of town,’ Hilary said briefly. Then before she could say a word to arrest him he was at her side. "Your health,
Kneebone. ’ She eyed him. Part 5
In the beginning of December Ann Veronica began to speculate privately upon
the procedure of pawning. Her scream shook the
windows of the sedan. Only last night she saw me, and there was horror in her eyes. I hated the stuff. The latter
gentleman did full justice to the good things before him; but he drank sparingly,
and was visibly annoyed by his companion's intemperance. Will you be a faithful and honest
wife? Will you do your duty by him, and forget all your past follies? Unless,
Annabel, you can——”
“Oh, I will pledge you my word,” Annabel cried passionately, “my solemn word. Anna, in her strange striking way, was radiantly
beautiful.
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