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It rejoiced him that she spoke with so little sympathy of the principles supported by Miss Barfoot and Miss Nunn; these persons seemed to him well-meaning, but grievously mistaken. Miss Nunn he judged 'unwomanly, and hoped in secret that Monica would not long remain on terms of friendship with her.
Don't you feel ever so little regret that your severe logic prevailed? 'Not the slightest regret. Everard thought this answer magnificent. He had anticipated some evasion. However inappropriately, he was constrained to smile. 'How I admire your consistency! We others are poor halting creatures in comparison. 'Mr. Barfoot, said Rhoda suddenly, 'I have had enough of this.
'Do you think he will really cane his sister-in-law? 'How can you ask such a question? 'It would be amusing. I should think better of him for it. 'Well, make it a condition. We know the story of the lady and her glove. I can see you sympathize with her. Rhoda laughed and went away, leaving Miss Barfoot with the impression that she had revealed a genuine impulse.
Still he came nearer, and at length, when a yard or two away, raised his look to her face. 'Have you been out this afternoon? She was prompted to a falsehood, but durst not utter it, so keenly was he regarding her. 'Yes, I went to see Miss Barfoot. 'Liar! As the word burst from his lips, he sprang at her, clutched her dress at the throat, and flung her violently upon her knees.
'There, too, I can offer an explanation, replied Barfoot quietly, 'though you may doubt whether it justifies him. I met Orchard a few months ago in Alexandria, met him by chance in the street, and didn't recognize him until he spoke to me. He was worn to skin and bone. I found that he had abandoned all his possessions to Mrs.
'I had no midday meal to-day, and really I feel the omission. Mary, please do put tea in the dining-room, and bring up some meat Miss Barfoot, she added, in explanation to Virginia, is out of town, and I am a shockingly irregular person about meals. I am sure you will sit down with me? Virginia sported with the subject.
It was a volume of essays, one of which dealt with the relations between the sexes in a very modern spirit, treating the subject as a perfectly open one, and arriving at unorthodox conclusions. Mrs. Cosgrove had spoken of this dissertation with lively interest. Rhoda perused it very carefully, pausing now and then to reflect. In this reading of her mind, Barfoot came near the truth.
The head might have been sculptured with fine effect. And she had a well-built frame. He observed her strong wrists, with exquisite vein-tracings on the pure white. Probably her constitution was very sound; she had good teeth, and a healthy brownish complexion. With reference to the sick girl whom Miss Barfoot was visiting, Everard began what was practically a resumption of their last talk.
'It was a very unfortunate thing that I happened to come up just as he was in your company. 'You are so very unreasonable, exclaimed Monica tartly. 'What possible harm is there in Mr. Barfoot, when he meets me by chance in a public place, having a conversation with me? I wish I knew twenty such men. Such conversation gives me a new interest in life. I have every reason to think well of Mr.
It arose from a secret trouble in her own heart, which she might, involuntarily, be led to betray. She had never talked thus confidentially with any man; not, in truth, with her husband. There was no fear whatever of her conceiving an undue interest in Barfoot; certain reasons assured her of that; but talk that was at all sentimental gravely threatened her peace what little remained to her.
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