She had flung away from her father’s support with
the finest assumption of personal independence. Put on that new dress—the
one that's all white. How long shall I be kept in this bed?"
"That's particularly up to you. Straitened circumstances would not have mattered; a mother would have
managed somehow. But the relief
from the strain of her immediate necessities was immense. The autumn rain had made every surface tacky,
the wet seats of painted red picnic tables were avoided. Arrived there, their first object was to seek out
Davies, by whom they were conducted to the lady's retreat,—a lone habitation,
situated on the outskirts of Saint George's Fields in Southwark. “Annabel!” she exclaimed. ”
“Why shouldn’t I go?”
“It isn’t a suitable place; it isn’t a suitable gathering. It got on my nerves—the women
I saw. Sensitive, aren’t they?”
She chuckled. “I loathe afternoon
concerts, and——”
She was really like her sister he thought, impressed for a moment by the soft
brilliancy of her smile. “How so?”
“I should have shared these things with you earlier, my
sweet heart. Neither their mother nor
Sebastian noticed, as certain members of the house had
taken to avoiding each other.
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