" Awed by Jonathan's manner, Mrs. When the doctor came in—he had just finished his breakfast—O'Higgins rose and presented his card. I do not intend to be married, or to become engaged just at present. “And to-night we are friends?” “We are friends,” said Ann Veronica, and drew her hand quickly away from him. Then as she drew nearer paint showed upon her face, and a harsh purpose behind the quiet expression of her open countenance, and a sort of unreality in her splendor betrayed itself for which Ann Veronica could not recall the right word—a word, half understood, that lurked and hid in her mind, the word “meretricious. “To be frank with you, Lady Lescelles, when your brother asked me the other day to be his wife I was under a false impression as regards his relations—with some other person. Liberates the girl from parental control. But the fall was too great, and he abandoned the attempt. She saw herself in very much Vivie’s position—managing something. Which is why I wasn’t able to see him until today.
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