”
“You know, Mr. “Do you mean in looks?” she asked. “But have you ever
thought that you might be attracting negative attention to
yourself by looking like you do? Like I said, don’t take it
personally. But the people among whom she was now thrown through the
social exertions of Miss Miniver and the Widgetts—for Teddy and Hetty came
up from Morningside Park and took her to an eighteen-penny dinner in Soho and
introduced her to some art students, who were also Socialists, and so opened the
way to an evening of meandering talk in a studio—carried with them like an
atmosphere this implication, not only that the world was in some stupid and even
obvious way WRONG, with which indeed she was quite prepared to agree, but
that it needed only a few pioneers to behave as such and be thoroughly and
indiscriminately “advanced,” for the new order to achieve itself. “It is a very pleasant place,” said Ann Veronica, biting a rhododendron stalk
through, and with that faint shadow of a smile returning to her lips. The condition of the rooms was indescribably filthy and
disgusting; nor were the habits of the occupants much more cleanly. They were sure to catch up with her. “Close your eyes. Ha! ha! What have I left but despair
and madness? Promise me one thing, Mr. 1. Red velvet curtains
rustled under dim lights as the door shut with a heavy
snap. Vanity was a vice not just to be deprecated,
but effectively strangled at birth. "Fly, Captain, fly!" vociferated Blueskin; "I shan't be able to keep these devils
down. I believe I’m the
only sane member of the family left.
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