13/24 Fate did the choosing." "But why not somebody like--like Grant Arkwright? "But he's got the idea he would be doing me a favor in marrying me; and when a man gets that notion it's fatal. He imagines he's liberal--that's a common failing among men. But a woman who is natural shocks them, and they are taken in and pleased by one who poses as more innocent and impossible than any human being not perfectly imbecile could remain in a world that conceals nothing.... I despise Grant--I like him, but despise him." "He IS small," admitted Lucia. |