“It’s a nice holiday. ’
Mrs Prudence Sindlesham, a widow of several years’ standing, so she told
Gerald, was a scarecrow of a female, long and lank of limb in a figure that had
once been willowy. And if I cared to have him come every
day, why shouldn’t he? I find him very amusing and very useful as well. She thought of him as
always courteous and helpful, as realizing, indeed, his ideal of protection and
service, as chivalrously leaving her free to live her own life, rejoicing with an
infinite generosity in every detail of her irresponsive being. He was
scarcely concealed when he heard the horsemen, who perceived they had
overshot their mark, ride back. ”
“Oh! but you ARE splendid and open and fearless! As if I couldn’t allow!
What are all these little things? Nothing! Nothing! You can’t sully yourself. ‘To what do you go, mademoiselle? The life of a nun in a
convent, in a country where nuns are unwelcome. If you could
see how it gives them souls, women who have taken things for granted, who
have given themselves up altogether to pettiness and vanity. ”
And while he talked and watched her as he talked, she answered, and behind
her listening watched and thought about him. This intelligence, which she
instantly communicated to the carpenter, drove him almost frantic.
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