I
have a special interest in Mary Remenham because I believe I have discovered
her daughter. ”
“Of course you don’t,” said Miss Miniver, gesticulating triumphantly with her
thin hand and thinner wrist, and patting Ann Veronica’s knee. She was perplexed by this, and stood for some seconds in
the empty street hesitating, until the appearance of another circumspect woman
under the street lamp at the corner reassured her. Ann Veronica, with a sigh at the cost of
hospitality, made a hasty negotiation for an extra tea and for a fire in the groundfloor apartment, and preened herself carefully for the interview. She remembered Taber's hat. We do not remember to have met with a single individual, reported
to be under petticoat government, who was not content with his lot,—nay, who
so far from repining, did not exult in his servitude; and we see no way of
accounting for this apparently inexplicable conduct—for which, among other
phenomena of married life, various reasons have been assigned, though none
entirely satisfactory to us—except upon the ground that these domineering
dames possess some charm sufficiently strong to counteract the irritating effect
of their tempers; some secret and attractive quality of which the world at large is
in ignorance, and with which their husbands alone can be supposed to be
acquainted. “Have to take your turn,” he remarked laconically. She felt the thrill race through her body. “She can’t. ’
‘Now then, missie,’ began the sergeant severely, ‘just you hand over that
dagger. “I didn’t know Mr. She comprehends
what we're about. 95
The officer showed her into the sleepy suburban
police station, a hub of inactivity on Sunday night except
for herself and a slightly drunk woman who had been
brought in for DUI. I should think, Anna,
that your own sense—er—of propriety would enable you to see this.
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