137/139 Then she should know she had done all. Charlotte looked at her hard, as if to compare her face with her note of resentment; and Maggie, feeling this, met it with the signs of an impression that might pass for the impression of defeat. "I want really to possess him," said Mrs.Verver. "I happen also to feel that he's worth it." Maggie rose as if to receive her. "Oh--worth it!" she wonderfully threw off. |