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But the evening must somehow be spent, and is she went off in another direction it would only be to wander about with an adventurous mind; for her conversation with Miss Nunn had had precisely the opposite effect of that which Rhoda doubtless intended; she felt something of the recklessness which formerly excited her wonder when she remarked it in the other shop-girls.
If no other resource offered, he would be obliged to make his cousin an accomplice by requesting her beforehand to leave him alone with Rhoda some evening when he had called upon them. But it was time that chance favoured him, and his interview with Miss Nunn came about in a way he could not have foreseen. At the end of the first week of January he was invited to dine at Miss Barfoot's.
She turned sharply to Anne, and demanded: "Have you come here after a husband?" "If you will ask my aunt I fancy she will reply in the affirmative," said Anne, mischievously. Mrs. Nunn coloured, and the others looked somewhat taken aback. "That was not a very lady-like speech," said Mrs. Nunn severely.
There would be something piquant in making vigorous love to Miss Nunn, just to prove her sincerity. Micklethwaite shook his head. 'Unworthy of you, Barfoot. Of course you couldn't really do such a thing. 'But such women really challenge one. If she were rich, I think I could do it without scruple.
'We are not quite sure But pray sit down, Miss Nunn. You haven't seen my wife lately? He took a chair, and rested his hands upon his knees, gazing at the visitor's skirt. 'Mrs. Widdowson hasn't been to see us for more than a month if I remember rightly. His look expressed both surprise and doubt. 'A month? But I thought I had an idea that she went only a few days ago. 'In the day time?
'To tell you the truth, Everard, I know nothing about you. I have no wish to revive disagreeable memories, and I think it quite possible that you may be worthy of respect. 'So far so good. Now, in justice, please answer me another question. How have you spoken of me to Miss Nunn? 'How can it matter? 'It matters a good deal. Have you told her any scandal about me? 'Yes, I have.
A slice of good beef had much the same effect upon Virginia as her more dangerous indulgence at Charing Cross Station. She brightened wonderfully. 'Now let us go back to the library, said Miss Nunn, when their meal was over. 'We shall soon see each other again, I hope, but we might as well talk of serious things whilst we have the opportunity. Will you allow me to be very frank with you?
She had not yet visited it, but hoped to do so on Monday. Did she herself do any kind of artistic work? Oh, nothing whatever; she was a very useless and idle person. He believed she had been a pupil of Miss Barfoot's at one time? Yes, for a very short time indeed, just before her marriage. Was she not an intimate friend of Miss Nunn? Hardly intimate.
'I am about to leave London, and before I go I very much wish to see you. Will you allow me to call at some hour when I could speak to you in private? There is something I must make known to you, and I cannot write it. After a day's interval came the reply, which was still briefer. Miss Nunn would be at home at half-past eight this or the next evening.
Once or twice she held casual colloquy with men who also stood waiting perchance for their sisters; and ultimately one of these was kind enough to offer her refreshment, which she graciously accepted. Rhoda Nunn would have classed her and mused about her: a not unimportant type of the odd woman. After this Monica frequently went out, always accompanied by her sister.
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