10/37 I wish she would behave like a reasonable being. She is always bent on making a scene;" but she kept this to herself, and only said aloud: "Mary, my dear! Mary!" "I am sorry to hear you say so, Mrs.Hawker," said Frank; "but it is just and natural." "Natural," said Mary, "and just. You are connected in my mind with the most unhappy and most degraded period of my life. Can you expect that I should be glad to see you? I thought of you always with love and admiration, as one whom I deeply honoured, but would not care to look upon again. |