[The March Family Trilogy by William Dean Howells]@TWC D-Link bookThe March Family Trilogy PART THIRD 73/141
She was of the church which seems to have found a reversion to the imposing ritual of the past the way back to the early ideals of Christian brotherhood. "Oh, they seem to have Mr.Beaton," Margaret answered, and Beaton felt obscurely flattered by her reference to his patronage of the Dryfooses. He explained to Wetmore: "They have me because they partly own me. Dryfoos is Fulkerson's financial backer in 'Every Other Week'." "Is that so? Well, that's interesting, too.
Aren't you rather astonished, Miss Vance, to see what a petty thing Beaton is making of that magazine of his ?" "Oh," said Margaret, "it's so very nice, every way; it makes you feel as if you did have a country, after all.
It's as chic--that detestable little word!--as those new French books." "Beaton modelled it on them.
But you mustn't suppose he does everything about 'Every Other Week'; he'd like you to.
Beaton, you haven't come up to that cover of your first number, since.
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