5/13 She hailed Juliana's recovery as a sign of grace, of returning allegiance to the memory of Tollington Moon. She said it irritably, but everybody knows that a little temper is the surest symptom of returning health. "What should he come for ?" "To run up his little bill, my dear. You don't imagine he comes for the pleasure of seeing _you_ ?" "I never imagine anything," said the little arithmetic teacher with some truth. If the Old Lady's theory was correct, Cautley must have been the most grossly avaricious of young men. |