5/38 I hope you'll like her, Adela.' It was unfortunate that Richard did not pronounce the name of his bride elect quite as it sounds on cultured lips. This may have been partly the result of diffidence; but there was a slurring of the second syllable disagreeably suggestive of vulgarity. It struck on the girl's nerves, and made it more difficult for her to grow accustomed to this form of address from Mutimer. He's busy studying.' 'To read and write, I fear,' was the lady's silent comment. On the score of Alice, too, Mrs.Waltham nursed a certain anxiety. |