Honor read every line of the closely-written pages with eager interest, read also the much that had not been written, that Evelyn had failed to discern; and a great thankfulness overwhelmed her that she had refrained from adding her own passing vexation to the burden of work and anxiety already resting on her friend's shoulders.
Her spoken comment was brief and characteristic.
"Oh, how I envy Mrs Olliver! We're just playing at life up here, you and I, like two dolls, while she is living the real thing down there."
Evelyn Desmond, in utter astonishment, flung annoyance to the winds.
"Really and truly, Honor," she declared, with conviction, "you are the most amazing person I've ever known!"
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