It was the
expression of Miss Klegg’s face that put the idea into Ann Veronica’s head of
showing Manning at the College one day, an idea which she didn’t for some
reason or other carry out for a fortnight. She had
made her way since then a little further into the heart of life. “You look great, Lucy. It appears that he was an
unsuccessful admirer of the lady in question, and he admits that, under the
influence of drink, he broke into her rooms, and there made a determined
attempt at suicide. ‘Why do you think I told
you about the portrait? I’d not seen it, of course, but I’d seen Miss Mary just
before she got married, which is when it was painted. “How could I, when your sister sings now at the
‘Unusual’ every night and the name ‘Alcide’ flaunts from every placard in
London?”
“The likeness between us,” she said, “before I began to disfigure myself with
rouge and ill-dressed hair, was remarkable. Stanley. If he died, here in this hotel, who would
care? Or if she died, who would care?
A queer desire blossomed in her heart: to go to him, urge him to see the folly of
trying to forget.
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