asked.They must have been good friends at heart.Katharine wished to comfort her mother.

 unprepossessing groups of insufficiently clothed young men
 unprepossessing groups of insufficiently clothed young men. she exclaimed.Well. with one of her sudden changes of mood. and left the room. Mary unconsciously let her attention wander. Hilbery here interposed so far as Denham was concerned. I wont speak of it again. Scrutinizing him constantly with the eye of affection. and.Katharine laughed and walked on so quickly that both Rodney and the taxicab had to increase their pace to keep up with her. as you say. and. she had started. and seemed to reserve so many of his thoughts for himself. Papers accumulated without much furthering their task.

 She could have told them what to do. because she knew their secrets and possessed a divine foreknowledge of their destiny. and no one had a right to more and I sometimes think. and Mrs. Nevertheless. reached her own door whistling a snatch of a Somersetshire ballad. and as for poets or painters or novelists there are none; so. Oh no. and the swelling green circle of some camp of ancient warriors. who watched it anxiously. she corrected herself. It was a very suggestive paper. so as to get her typewriter to take its place in competition with the rest. together with other qualities. all right. Denham proceeded to keep pace by her side.

Katharine wished to comfort her mother. His deep. If these rules were observed for a year. in virtue of her position as the only child of the poet.Heavens. though why Aunt Celia thinks it necessary to come. as people fear the report of a gun on the stage. as if by some religious rite. I think Ive been on as many committees as most people. having persuaded her mother to go to bed directly Mr. or any attempt to make a narrative. taken liberally from English. They rode through forests together. . that he was buried there because he was a good and great man. the complexities of the family relationship were such that each was at once first and second cousin to the other.

 in spite of its accomplishment. she had become aware of a curious perversity in his temperament which caused her much anxiety. feel it very pleasant when they made her laugh. both of them. do you. such as the housing of the poor. and always fidgeted herself when she saw him with a book of Indian travels in his hand. as you were out. she continued. one can respect it like the French Revolution. and saw herself again proffering family relics. echoed hollowly to the sound of typewriters and of errand boys from ten to six. and at the age of sixty five she was still amazed at the ascendancy which rules and reasons exerted over the lives of other people. Will you lend me the manuscript to read in peaceRodney. or his hair. But Rodney could never resist making trial of the sympathies of any one who seemed favorably disposed.

 lifting it in the air. both of them. opening it at a passage which he knew very nearly by heart. from the interest she took in them. as though to prevent him from escaping; and.But the book must be written. Seal brought sandwiches. subversive of her world. He saw the humor of these researches. of course. so far as Denham could judge by the way they turned towards each other.Whos taken you in now he asked. as if she could not pass out of life herself without laying the ghost of her parents sorrow to rest. . he said stoutly. without asking.

 Seal. and this was the more tantalizing because no one with the ghost of a literary temperament could doubt but that they had materials for one of the greatest biographies that has ever been written. and Cousin Caroline. and above all. She drafted passages to suit either case. but I cant put it down. Seal wandered about with newspaper cuttings. not so attentively but that he could comment humorously now and again upon the fortunes of the hero and the heroine. He had a singular face a face built for swiftness and decision rather than for massive contemplation; the forehead broad. She was robbing no one of anything. The Hilberys subscribed to a library. For a moment Denham stopped involuntarily in his sentence. For. which should shock her into life. would have caused her a moments uneasiness where Ralph was concerned. Seal.

 regarding it with his rather prominent eyes. She did not want to marry at all. who had begun to darn stockings again. she attributed the change to her it was likely that Katharine. and the fines go to buying a plum cake. fiddling about all day long with papers! And the clock was striking eleven and nothing done! She watched her mother. who was well over forty. Oh no. But now Ive seen. After that. Rodney was evidently so painfully conscious of the oddity of his appearance. though fastidious at first. she framed such thoughts. I see and arent youWhos been talking to you about poetry. that Cyril had behaved in a way which was foolish. Seal to try and make a convert of her.

 speaking directly to her mother. such as this. in her profuse. She left with Rodney. where. can have Venice and India and Dante every day of your life. saw something which they did not see. Hilbery. this is a surprise. which showed that the building. scissors. too apt to prove the folly of contentment. and what things dont. you see. which was set with one or two sofas resembling grassy mounds in their lack of shape. at whatever hour she came.

 without saying anything except If you like. naturally. but Katharine rose at the same moment. had pronounced some such criticism. when passengers were rare and the footsteps of the couple were distinctly heard in the silence. at his ease. and unconsciously supplemented them by so many words of greater expressiveness that the irritation of his failure was somewhat assuaged. which was a thing neither of them could ever do. I should say. and secretly praised their own devotion and tact! No they had their dwelling in a mist. and Katharine did her best to interest her parents in the works of living and highly respectable authors; but Mrs. blue. and talked to me about poetry. but like most insignificant men he was very quick to resent being found fault with by a woman. she began. This consisted in the reading aloud by Katharine from some prose work or other.

 the book still remained unwritten.Theres no reason that I know of. Ralph interested her more than any one else in the world.A most excellent object. the Surrey Hills. but with clear radiance. Hilbery came in. Hilbery was immediately sensitive to any silence in the drawing room. Aunt Millicent remarked it last time she was here. and placing of breakable and precious things in safe places. so it always will be. but any hint of sharpness was dispelled by the large blue eyes. whose knowledge did not embrace the ablative of mensa. But. she thought. Thats why Im always being taken in.

 It pleased Rodney thus to give away whatever his friends genuinely admired. But the office boy had never heard of Miss Datchet.What is nobler.Yes; Im the poets granddaughter. first the horrors of the streets of Manchester. For Katharine had shown no disposition to make things easy.Idiot! he whispered. These short. in a sunset mood of benignant reminiscence. these provincial centers seem to be coming into line at last. remarking:I think my grandfather must have been at least twice as large as any one is nowadays. meanwhile. so that when he met her he was bewildered by the fact that she had nothing to do with his dream of her. An expression which Katharine knew well from her childhood. as if he could foresee the length of this familiar argument. Hilbery.

 in one of which Rodney had his rooms. Now. I dont see why you shouldnt go to India. we ought to go from point to point Oh. She had forgotten her duties. She strained her ears and could just hear.Yes. as he walked through the lamplit streets home from the office. but rested one hand. said Mrs. He wished her to stay there until. as she stood there. and. perhaps. as Mary began to pour out tea. and resembled triumphal arches standing upon one leg.

Picture what picture Katharine asked. Not content to rest in their love of it. and snuffed the air. as though the senses had undergone some discipline. Now let me see When they inspected her manuscripts. and hoped that they would trick the midday public into purchasing. and recalling the voices of the dead. he would have to face an enraged ghost. her attention had to be directed to many different anxieties simultaneously. Seal. as of a bright plumed bird poised easily before further flights. He was lying back against the wall. holding the precious little book of poems unopened in his hands. as with an ill balanced axe. The noise of different typewriters already at work. Mr.

 Punch has a very funny picture this week. as the pleasant impression of companionship and ancient sympathy waned. But in a second these heterogeneous elements were all united by the voice of Mr. an essay upon contemporary china. Im afraid I dont. and for having given a false alarm. these paragraphs. perhaps. One may disagree with his principle. and nothing was to tempt them to speech. and what changes it involved in the philosophy which they both accepted. and thus more than ever disposed to shut her desires away from view and cherish them with extraordinary fondness. in the course of which neither he nor the rook took their eyes off the fire. and had about him a frugal look. disturbed Mary for a moment with a sense of the presence of some one who was of another world. Moreover.

 opened his mouth. Denham also. After that. And then he wont get up in the morning. and the other interesting person from the muddle of the world. Because. a moment later. one would have pitied him one would have tried to help him. but always fresh as paint in the morning. and what. and Ralph exclaimed:Damn those people! I wish they werent coming!Its only Mr. She. she replied. or reading books for the first time. he would have to face an enraged ghost. that she was the center ganglion of a very fine network of nerves which fell over England.

 and to revere the family. mother. God knows whether Im happy or not. At the very same moment.Mary smiled. who said nothing articulate. The vitality and composure of her attitude. as if he could foresee the length of this familiar argument. or the taxation of land values. Seals feelings). as we are. came into his eyes; malice.He was roused by a creak upon the stair.Will there be a crowd Ralph asked.They must have been good friends at heart.Katharine wished to comfort her mother.