It would be too mortifying. Lest the carpenter should be taxed with too much uxoriousness, it behoves us to ascertain whether the personal attractions of his helpmate would, in any degree, justify the devotion he displayed. Both ladies were on easy and friendly terms with all that was best in Morningside Park society; they had an afternoon once a month that was quite well attended, they sometimes gave musical evenings, they dined out and gave a finish to people’s dinners, they had a full-sized croquet lawn and tennis beyond, and understood the art of bringing people together. She looked at it with a little shudder, but she made no motion to take it. Manning had shown on previous occasions that he found Ann Veronica interesting and that he wished to interest her. She dropped on her knees by his side, and gently unbuttoned his waistcoat. He pictured himself visiting the girl in this shabby little home of her aunt’s—she had told him that it was shabby—and he recalled that delicious little smile with which she would surely greet him, a smile which seemed to be a matter of the eyes as well as the lips. He and her father shook hands manfully. Yet through these talks, these meetings and conferences, these movements and efforts, Ann Veronica, for all that she went with her friend, and at times applauded with her enthusiastically, yet went nevertheless with eyes that grew more and more puzzled, and fine eyebrows more and more disposed to knit. “By-the-bye, Lady Ferringhall,” he said, “do you know that I am a very great admirer of your sister’s? I wonder if she has ever spoken to you of me. As the wedding neared, she bought some finer things: a veal roast for supper, a single pearl for the dowry. . "And now," he continued, sternly, "was it your master who has just ridden by?" "No," answered Quilt, sullenly. ” “That’s if we succeed.
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