“I wish I had your advantages,” he remarked as they reached the upper floor.
“What would you do?”
“I’d wander down that hall and take a long look at things.”
“You would?”
“I’d like to see the girl and I’d like to see the brother when he thought no one was watching him.”
“Why see the girl?”
“I don’t know. I’m afraid that’s just curiosity. I’ve heard she was a wonder for beauty.”
“She was, once.”
“And not now?”
“You cannot tell; they have bound up her cheeks with cloths. She fell on the grate and got burned.”