And Capes had changed into the easiest and jolliest companion in the
world. As for me, I look twice at it. 175
“Before you tell me the whole story,” she emphasized
the penultimate word, “just let me do something for you. I always wondered why he bought my mother's pearls so
readily. “Don’t you understand, Nigel,” she said softly, “that it was precisely for this I
have worked so hard. It hit her just above the knee. Strongly impregnated with the mingled odours of
tobacco, ale, brandy, and other liquors, the atmosphere was almost stifling. And grasping the thick iron rod, she pushed with all her force against it, while
Jack seconded her efforts from within. Some day she wanted to be loved as Marius loved Cosette; but there was another
character which bit far more deeply into her mind. The tall, blond
boys, right?”
“That’s them. And as he walked by her side they began a wrangle that
was none the less pleasant to Ann Veronica because it served to banish a
disagreeable preoccupation. Constance Widgett’s abundant copper-red hair was
bent down over some dimly remunerative work—stencilling in colors upon
rough, white material—at a kitchen table she had dragged up-stairs for the
purpose, while on her bed there was seated a slender lady of thirty or so in a
dingy green dress, whom Constance had introduced with a wave of her hand as
Miss Miniver. Wherein she differed but little from her young sisters. .
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