He had meant to be master of his fate that evening
and it had escaped him altogether. Miss Stanley had determined from the
outset to have the warmest affection for her youngest niece and to be a second
mother in her life—a second and a better one; but she had found much to battle
with, and there was much in herself that Ann Veronica failed to understand. The young
fellow was almost as odd in his way as the girl was in hers. CHAPTER I. He himself, middle-aged, steeped in traditions of the City and moneymaking, very ill-skilled in all the lighter graces of life, as he himself well knew,
could yet come to her invested with something of the halo of romance by the
almost magical powers of an unlimited banking account. I
have a special interest in Mary Remenham because I believe I have discovered
her daughter. CHAPTER XXIV. Queer old gentleman!
The art of ignoring is one of the accomplishments of every well-bred girl, so
carefully instilled that at last she can even ignore her own thoughts and her own
knowledge. "My little fancy man's quite as fond of me
as of you, Bess. "
"A time may come when you will be gratified, Mr. . Jack's heart was too full to allow him to derive any pleasure from this scene; so
he strolled on without raising his eyes till he arrived at Kensal Green.
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