[The March Family Trilogy by William Dean Howells]@TWC D-Link bookThe March Family Trilogy PART THIRD 131/141
"And artists see points in people that the rest of us don't." "Could it be her money ?" Mrs.Horn insinuated.
"He must be very poor." "But he isn't base," retorted the girl, with a generous indignation that made her aunt smile. "Oh no; but if he fancies her so picturesque, it doesn't follow that he would object to her being rich." "It would with a man like Mr.Beaton!" "You are an idealist, Margaret.
I suppose your Mr.March has some disinterested motive in paying court to Miss Mela--Pamela, I suppose, is her name.
He talked to her longer than her literature would have lasted." "He seems a very kind person," said Margaret. "And Mr.Dryfoos pays his salary ?" "I don't know anything about that.
But that wouldn't make any difference with him." Mrs.Horn laughed out at this security; but she was not displeased by the nobleness which it came from.
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