9/26 Let me owe my wife to you, as well as everything else." "Arnold, you are not in earnest." "Quite in earnest." "But I shall never approve. Never--never--never! I could not bring myself, under any circumstances that I can conceive, to approve of such a connection." "My dear cousin, I am, on the other hand, perfectly certain that you will approve. Why, if I were not quite certain, do you think I should have made this promise? Tell me more about her." "Well, I have discovered that she is a really very clever and gifted girl. She can imitate people in the most wonderful way, especially actresses, though she has only been to a theater once or twice in her life. |