Many knew Diane’s
disdain for the Beck family as well, “who would take in
any stray that arrived mewling at their doorstep. ”
Anna leaned back in the chair and laughed softly. ‘He was very kind to me. Were I a painter of subject pictures, I would exhaust all my skill in proportion
and perspective and atmosphere upon the august seat of empire, I would present
it gray and dignified and immense and respectable beyond any mere verbal
description, and then, in vivid black and very small, I would put in those
valiantly impertinent vans, squatting at the base of its altitudes and pouring out a
swift, straggling rush of ominous little black objects, minute figures of
determined women at war with the universe. I mean Miss Charvill no harm. But with the morning, the
glorious unstained morning the passion of living would stir even the blood of a
clod. On the contrary, he was a universal favourite,
and numbered amongst his intimate acquaintances the choicest spirits of the
time,—Pope, Swift, Arbuthnot, and "all the better brothers. But you need not fear,’ she
added, shaking him off. He saw that his words were falling upon dull ears. She tended the twins while the Clotilde was in
Sebastian’s private chambers, a place she gave a wide
berth. ’
‘Nonsense, it’ll give Pottiswick something genuine to complain about,’ said
Gerald cheerfully, moving to the edge of the trees. The nuns, they
were very good with a whip.
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