7/9 "Always kind! Never thinking of yourself! I will see Miss Westerfield in my own room. Wait here, in case I want you." After a much shorter absence than Randal anticipated, Mrs.Linley returned. "Has it been very distressing ?" he asked, seeing the traces of tears in her eyes. Her one thought, as soon as she began to understand my motive in speaking to her, was not for herself, but for me. Even you, a man, must have felt the tears in your eyes, if you had heard her promise that I should suffer no further anxiety on her account. |