"The woman can be brought down to this."
"And wasn't it worth it?" cried Miss Toombs hotly.
"Worth it!" echoed Mavis.
"Didn't you have a lovely time when you were away?"
"Heavenly!"
"Didn't he kiss your hands and feet and hair and tell you you were the most beautiful woman in the whole world, as they do in books?"
Mavis nodded.
"And didn't he hold you to his heart all the night through, and didn't you think you were in heaven? No—no, don't tell me. It would make me miserable and jealous for weeks."
"Why should it?"
"Who's ever wanted to love and kiss my feet and hands? But there it is—you're a pretty girl, and all that, but you can't have everything in this world. You've had to pay one of the chief penalties for your attractiveness."