And yet—you millionaires should really, I think, cultivate
the art of discrimination. About her, as she had gone day by
day to and from the Tredgold College, she had seen and not seen many an
incidental aspect of those sides of life about which girls are expected to know
nothing, aspects that were extraordinarily relevant to her own position and
outlook on the world, and yet by convention ineffably remote. Hill sat up on the pavement and mopped the blood from his cheek. ”
Chapter XXVI
ANNABEL IS WARNED
“You!”
David Courtlaw crossed the floor of the dingy little sitting-room with
outstretched hands. He had finally put aside The Lilac
Sunbonnet, gone into his study, lit the gas fire, and written the letter that had
brought these unsatisfactory relations to a head. She felt privileged above other women at parties, where
she was on display as all the duchesses and queens looked
upon her with envy as he was so clearly entranced by her
in every way. Wood,—Winifred fainted in
the arms of a female attendant,—and Wood standing beside them almost in a
state of distraction. ’
‘Gracious heaven, Gerald! If your dear mama could not drag you to the altar, I
am hardly likely to succeed. Lucy could see her striding down a Parisian
catwalk quite easily. Now you can understand why I have been obliged to——”
“Yes, yes, I understand that,” Courtlaw interrupted.
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