“Exactly.”
Mary smiled. The changes that the war has brought about in social intercourse do not perturb her in the least.
She can afford to accept them.
“Mother,” said Sallie, “have you finished Mrs. Harter?”
“One minute.”
The portraits, when they were read aloud, struck me as forming rather an interesting comment upon the person who had inspired them. Of the writers, only the two Kendals were negligible as observers of human nature.
“Bad-tempered, Determined, Intelligent, Pushing, Handsome.”
That was Martyn’s version.
“Handsome!” ejaculated Sallie. Her own paper began with the word “Repellent” and went on with “Determined, Ambitious, Straightforward, Common.”
“I’ve got her down as ‘Common,’ too,” said Claire. “Common, Self-willed, Good-looking, Obstinate, and Hard.”