12/22 Do you suppose he dreams of taking advantage of it? Rank, dignity, wounded feelings, is nothing to him in comparison with friendship." Annette thought of the blow which had felled him, and spoke the truth of her heart in saying, "He is very generous." "You understand him." Mrs.Cavely pressed her hand. "We will both go to your dear father. He may," she added, not without a gleam of feminine archness, "praise Gippsland above the Himalayas to me. What my Martin so much objected to was, the speaking of Gippsland at all when there was mention of our Lake scenery. |