54/69 If mother had only 'Arry in the house, she might come back to her senses.' 'Shall I tell her you've been to London ?' 'You can if you like,' he replied, with a show of indifference. Alice had with difficulty obtained admission to her mother's room, and it seemed to her that the news she brought was received with little emotion. The old woman had an air of dogged weariness; she did not look her daughter in the face, and spoke only in monosyllables. Her face was yellow, her cheeks like wrinkled parchment. |