23/30 "I don't think she means badly _au fond_; and she has no home, poor creature." "Is that why she remains at Hartledon ?" "I suppose so. Reigning at Hartledon must be something like a glimpse of Paradise to her. She won't quit it in a hurry." "I wonder you like to have her there." "I know I shall never have courage to tell her to go," was the candid and characteristic answer. "I was afraid of her as a boy, and I'm not sure but I'm afraid of her still." "I don't like her--I don't like either of them," said Anne in a low tone. |