She had adored the stupid
thing, and kept it in her pocket for about ten years. The settlements which he has spoken of, too, are most
munificent. Wood had the
advantage of her husband in point of years, being on the sunny side of forty,—a
period pronounced by competent judges to be the most fascinating, and, at the
same time, most critical epoch of woman's existence,—whereas, he was on the
shady side of fifty,—a term of life not generally conceived to have any special
recommendation in female eyes. You certainly have not
shown much desire for my society, have you?”
“You have been wrapped up in your politics,” she murmured. I was certain of it. All her tender lures, inherent and acquired, had shattered themselves futilely
against the reserve he had set between them. The evening breeze came; the bamboo shades on the
veranda clicked and rasped; the loose edges of the manuscript curled. ‘But with more courage
in her little finger than in many another female’s entire body. Sir John once more looked around him. ’
A trifle discomposed at being caught examining his surroundings, Gerald was
provoked into retort.
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