. The voice in the rice . If M i# Lady Wrenn, Sir Brash Sterling,the Creightons (a young married cou-ple), and Miss Creighton, the groomssister, came to dinner. I had expectedin Lady Wrenn a type of the new wo-man, which, as she herself remarked, ismerely the old woman with no taste forapples; but I was agreeably was a little creature, with a funny,little, brown face, and round, soft, gol-den-brown eyes, which, when she waslistening, had the wistful, dreaminglook of a chimpanzee, but which, whenshe was talking, hardened and sparkledas if studded with bits of broken was e
. The voice in the rice . If M i# Lady Wrenn, Sir Brash Sterling,the Creightons (a young married cou-ple), and Miss Creighton, the groomssister, came to dinner. I had expectedin Lady Wrenn a type of the new wo-man, which, as she herself remarked, ismerely the old woman with no taste forapples; but I was agreeably was a little creature, with a funny,little, brown face, and round, soft, gol-den-brown eyes, which, when she waslistening, had the wistful, dreaminglook of a chimpanzee, but which, whenshe was talking, hardened and sparkledas if studded with bits of broken was evident from the first that sheenjoyed being sarcastic at the expenseof others; but she did not hesitate, ifshe could make a point, to be equallydirect and brutal with herself, Well, she said, when I had beenpresented (not informally, but with be-coming ceremoniousness as to a person-age), you have seen two of themighty ones, Mr. Bourne. Does it sur-prise you to find one of them a hunch-back and one a sort of monkey? ^ Sir
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