4/15 He has a remarkable face--the kind of face that suggests depth and force. He could bear any extreme of poverty rather than condescend to ignoble ways of earning money." "Is the poor man very threadbare ?" asked Bertha. "Has his coat that greenish colour which comes with old age in cheap material ?" "You incorrigible! As far as I have noticed, he is quite properly dressed." "Oh, oh!" protested Bertha, in a shocked tone. "Properly dressed! What a blow to my romantic imagination! I thought at least his coat-cuffs would be worn out. |