4/11 But surely her vigorous intellect ought to have challenged your admiration; you can't deny that ?" I was not clever enough to be able to deny it. But I was bold enough to say that Lady Rachel seemed to me to be a woman who talked for the sake of producing effect. She expressed opinions, as I ventured to declare, which (in her position) I did not believe she could honestly entertain. She assured me that I was completely mistaken. "Lady Rachel," she said, "is the most perfectly candid person in the whole circle of my acquaintance." With the best intentions on my part, this was more than I could patiently endure. |