8/20 I'm very unfortunate in that respect.... I really feel I oughtn't to have turned up like this, Mrs Ottley.' 'Why not ?' 'You're very kind.... Excuse my country manners, but how nice your husband is. He was very kind to me.' 'He liked _you_ very much, too.' 'He seems charming,' he repeated, then said with a change of tone and with his occasional impulsive brusqueness, 'I wonder--does he ever jar on you in any way ?' 'Oh no.Never.He couldn't. He amuses me,' Edith replied softly. |