4/37 We know the Lakes very well.' 'Staying through the summer, I suppose ?' 'I shan't want to move--if the war goes on. We haven't any home of our own--yet.' She had seated herself, and spoke with the self-possession which belongs to those who know themselves fair to look upon. But there seemed to be no coquetry about her--no consciousness of a male to be attracted. All her ways were very gentle and childish, and in her white dress she made the same impression on Farrell as she had on Bridget, of extreme--absurd--youthfulness. He guessed her age about nineteen, perhaps younger. |